[Geysers] Dwarfs

[Eric Zimmerman]

The reason I started this thread was for exactly the reason Mara describes,
plus having some way to start to collect data on it via Geyser Times of
what we are observing on the webcam...many here keep saying vents open and
close, but if we are not identifying (naming) those vents and track their
eruptions, then we have no record of how long they have been active or an
easy way to analyze if there are correlations in their behaviors or even if
the vent actually does disappear!

On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 7:30 AM, Mara Reed <mara.reed at me.com> wrote:
>
> Despite the fact that those vents may be gone soon, would it not be
> prudent to have some consensus on unofficial names (at least for those
> vents known to do anything in recent years) so that one can say “such and
> such Dwarf erupted” in discussion of the area and people actually know
> which vent it is? If nothing else, there still seems to be confusion as to
> whether the perpetual spouter vent is called “Red” or “North.” Maybe it
> stops being perpetual in a few years, maybe it continues its current
> activity - nobody can know - but it sure makes it easier to discuss when we
> have a consistent name for it. With all due respect to Lee Whittlesey, I’d
> also wager it makes it easier to dig up information on a particular feature
> when the name used is consistent.
>
> Mara Reed
>
>
> On Dec 15, 2014, at 8:49 AM, Whittlesey, Lee <lee_whittlesey at nps.gov>
> wrote:
>
> I agree completely with Micah Kipple about the naming of features that are
> likely to disappear. Let's wait until there is some semblance of permanency
> or at least long-term existence.
>
> Lee Whittlesey
>
> On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 1:36 PM, Micah Kipple <godsfireworks at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> It has been my understanding in my relatively few years of gazing that
>> the naming of the "Dwarfs" has been avoided simply due to the amount of
>> changing activity in the area. Vents break out and get re-sintered over
>> every year. While the current "Dwarf" erupting 90% of the time has shown
>> that it's definitely more "stable" than the other vents in the complex. I
>> would not put my chips down as to whether that would remain the case, the
>> same goes for the Dwarf seen erupting near the boardwalk. Thus I agree that
>> we should refrain from naming individual vents when they could be gone
>> within a year.
>>
>> Just my thoughts on the matter
>>
>> Micah Kipple
>> Enjoy the Little Things!
>>
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