From lstephens2006 at hotmail.com Sat Feb 1 06:54:07 2014 From: lstephens2006 at hotmail.com (Lynn Stephens) Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2014 07:54:07 -0700 Subject: [Geysers] Aborted Eruptions of Giantess Message-ID: Correction to the article that appeared in the Billings Gazette about eruptions of Giantess Geyser: The last aborted eruption of Giantess Geyser was 01/09/1998. The eruption occurred in conjunction with a series of small earthquakes epicentered near Biscuit Basin, which led to the reactivation of Cascade Geyser as well as changes in Old Faithful's interval. Lynn Stephens -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: <#/attachments/20140202/73007516/attachment.html> From riozafiro at gmail.com Sun Feb 2 10:29:40 2014 From: riozafiro at gmail.com (Pat Snyder) Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2014 10:29:40 -0800 Subject: [Geysers] Giantess eruption In-Reply-To: <90833.6b849258.401fe086@aol.com> References: <90833.6b849258.401fe086@aol.com> Message-ID: <6CF63AA8-FAAF-41E7-BC01-EBF764E26818@gmail.com> From webcam observations, it had a final water spike the morning of 1/31/14 putting the duration at 41+ hours. It was a mixed-phase eruption. It went into steam before dark on 1/29/14. Thanks, Pat Snyder On Feb 2, 2014, at 9:55 AM, TSBryan at aol.com wrote: > Any info as to the type of eruption Giantess had starting on January 29, 2014 (water phase?; steam phase?), or more especially approximately what the total duration of activity was? > > Thanks! > > Scott Bryan > _______________________________________________ > Geysers mailing list > Geysers at lists.wallawalla.edu > From janet at snowmoon.us Sun Feb 2 11:19:47 2014 From: janet at snowmoon.us (Janet White | SnowMoon, LLC) Date: Sun, 02 Feb 2014 12:19:47 -0700 Subject: [Geysers] Aborted Eruptions of Giantess In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <52EE9A53.90607@snowmoon.us> Thanks, Lynn, for the correction. I always appreciate it. And many thanks to you Lynn, for all your work over the years and the years to come as well as thanks to those who have written, studied and continue to share what they learn. Janet White Geyser Watch .com Reporter for Yellowstone Gate janet at snowmoon.us On 2/1/2014 7:54 AM, Lynn Stephens wrote: > Correction to the article that appeared in the Billings Gazette > about eruptions of Giantess Geyser: > > The last aborted eruption of Giantess Geyser was 01/09/1998. The > eruption occurred in conjunction with a series of small earthquakes > epicentered near Biscuit Basin, which led to the reactivation of > Cascade Geyser as well as changes in Old Faithful's interval. > > Lynn Stephens > > > _______________________________________________ > Geysers mailing list > Geysers at lists.wallawalla.edu > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <#/attachments/20140202/76ea00bd/attachment.html> From cathy_bell at nps.gov Fri Feb 7 10:44:36 2014 From: cathy_bell at nps.gov (Bell, Catherine) Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2014 11:44:36 -0700 Subject: [Geysers] winter update Message-ID: Greetings from Old Faithful! After two very cold mornings (-32F at OF yesterday, -47 at West Yellowstone), it has now warmed up to a balmy 16F. It's snowing prettily, with a couple of inches of lovely fluffy stuff so far. We continue under a winter weather advisory through 5:00 am on Sunday. GIANTESS The big news since I last wrote, of course, is last week's Giantess eruption. As you know, it was spotted by Ranger Landis Ehler on Wednesday, January 29 at 1455ie. All of us on staff at the visitor center were able to get over to see it that afternoon, despite a howling snowstorm that impaired visibility even from the closest points on the Geyser Hill boardwalk. Unfortunately, the weather and darkness drove us inside before the initial Vault eruption. I had geyser predict the following morning and was able to ski past Giantess on my return. I was lucky to arrive at the right moment to see some nice big splashes. I'd estimate the height as ranging from 30 feet all the way up to 100 feet on a few especially impressive bursts. I took a short, poor-quality video that you can view at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b67WvFDQ5No. None of my still pictures show much of anything, due to the lack of contrast: white water, white steam, white snow, white sky. By Friday morning, we no longer observed any activity. Visitor reports of a few splashes in the early morning make us suspect an approximate duration of 40 hours. I have no information on how long the crater took to refill. CASTLE Castle was erupting this morning ( Feb. 7, 0905ie MJR) when Ranger Annie Carlson went out there on geyser predict, so no electronic times today, which is too bad: Castle has been up to some interesting stuff over the past few days. Minor-major-minor-minor, at the very least. We initially reported this as four minors in a row, but reviewing the data makes us feel confident that the eruption of Feb. 5 at 0312 was a major after all. We have corrected our data on geysertimes.org. Here's a screenshot of yesterday's Castle download: [image: Inline image 1] GRAND We had some problems with the Grand logger that kept us from getting electronic times for several days. The logger has now been replaced and the new one is functioning nicely. We're going to be shortening our prediction interval for Grand from the current 7 hrs 30 min to 7 hours. LOWER GEYSER BASIN Guides have reported Fountain times to us on 11 days since Jan. 20. These reports are of course limited to when they happen to be passing through, so we have no closed intervals. That's about all I have for now. If you have any specific questions about what's going on in the geyser basin, please don't hesitate to ask! 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We > continue under a winter weather advisory through 5:00 am on Sunday. > > GIANTESS > The big news since I last wrote, of course, is last week's Giantess > eruption. As you know, it was spotted by Ranger Landis Ehler on > Wednesday, January 29 at 1455ie. All of us on staff at the visitor > center were able to get over to see it that afternoon, despite a > howling snowstorm that impaired visibility even from the closest > points on the Geyser Hill boardwalk. Unfortunately, the weather and > darkness drove us inside before the initial Vault eruption. > > I had geyser predict the following morning and was able to ski past > Giantess on my return. I was lucky to arrive at the right moment to > see some nice big splashes. I'd estimate the height as ranging from > 30 feet all the way up to 100 feet on a few especially impressive > bursts. I took a short, poor-quality video that you can view at > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b67WvFDQ5No. None of my still pictures > show much of anything, due to the lack of contrast: white water, white > steam, white snow, white sky. > > By Friday morning, we no longer observed any activity. Visitor > reports of a few splashes in the early morning make us suspect an > approximate duration of 40 hours. I have no information on how long > the crater took to refill. > > CASTLE > Castle was erupting this morning ( Feb. 7, 0905ie MJR) when Ranger > Annie Carlson went out there on geyser predict, so no electronic times > today, which is too bad: Castle has been up to some interesting stuff > over the past few days. Minor-major-minor-minor, at the very least. > We initially reported this as four minors in a row, but reviewing the > data makes us feel confident that the eruption of Feb. 5 at 0312 was a > major after all. We have corrected our data on geysertimes.org > . Here's a screenshot of yesterday's Castle > download: > Inline image 1 > > GRAND > We had some problems with the Grand logger that kept us from getting > electronic times for several days. The logger has now been replaced > and the new one is functioning nicely. We're going to be shortening > our prediction interval for Grand from the current 7 hrs 30 min to 7 > hours. > > LOWER GEYSER BASIN > Guides have reported Fountain times to us on 11 days since Jan. 20. > These reports are of course limited to when they happen to be passing > through, so we have no closed intervals. > > That's about all I have for now. If you have any specific questions > about what's going on in the geyser basin, please don't hesitate to ask! > > Enjoying winter, > Cathy > > -- > Cathy Bell > Park Ranger > Old Faithful Visitor Education Center > Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190 > > > _______________________________________________ > Geysers mailing list > Geysers at lists.wallawalla.edu > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <#/attachments/20140209/a51a1c06/attachment-0001.html> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: tapestry perfect footer.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 53605 bytes Desc: not available URL: <#/attachments/20140209/a51a1c06/attachment-0001.jpg> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Not one hundred per cent clear owing to serious family illness, but I'll know more about that tonight, hopefully enough to know whether our annual YNP trip is on. If you find someone else who can definitely use them, by all means let that person have them, but don't give them back to Xanterra yet. I'll have more definitive word in two or three days. Thanks for offering this. I'll be in touch. -- Bill J. On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 12:47 PM, JOChapple wrote: > Hello Gazers, > > I have four nights in the Old House in Old Faithful Inn reserved, arriving > June 18, leaving June 22. I won't be able to use them so want to offer them > to gazers before I call Xanterra. > > If you can use them, please contact me before February 13th at: > janet at yellowstonetreasures.com. > > Janet Chapple > _______________________________________________ > Geysers mailing list > Geysers at lists.wallawalla.edu > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The website is www.bbc.co.uk If the article is no longer on the BBC site, you can go directly to the geyser information by entering www.kronoki.org/territories/reserve/unique/20. However, I strongly recommend the BBC article. Jim Scheirer -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <#/attachments/20140212/3bae263d/attachment.html> From jochapple at earthlink.net Wed Feb 12 21:12:18 2014 From: jochapple at earthlink.net (Janet Chapple) Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 21:12:18 -0800 Subject: [Geysers] Rooms at OFI in June In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <76837039-97A9-41D7-8F7F-21C3AC8AFBB2@earthlink.net> At the moment you are the only customer, so I will just hold on. Janet > On Feb 11, 2014, at 5:40 AM, Bill Johnson wrote: > > I might be able to. Not one hundred per cent clear owing to serious family illness, but I'll know more about that tonight, hopefully enough to know whether our annual YNP trip is on. If you find someone else who can definitely use them, by all means let that person have them, but don't give them back to Xanterra yet. I'll have more definitive word in two or three days. > > Thanks for offering this. I'll be in touch. > -- Bill J. > > > >> On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 12:47 PM, JOChapple wrote: >> Hello Gazers, >> >> I have four nights in the Old House in Old Faithful Inn reserved, arriving June 18, leaving June 22. I won't be able to use them so want to offer them to gazers before I call Xanterra. >> >> If you can use them, please contact me before February 13th at: janet at yellowstonetreasures.com. >> >> Janet Chapple >> _______________________________________________ >> Geysers mailing list >> Geysers at lists.wallawalla.edu >> > > _______________________________________________ > Geysers mailing list > Geysers at lists.wallawalla.edu > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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To me it has been important for two reasons: most especially, ephedra or Mormon tea has caused the death of at least one person who overused it in recent years, and secondly, the plant does not grow in Yellowstone. But the brine fly (ephydra bruesi) is very common in the park's hot springs. It's curious that the three springs in a row at West Thumb are low in water but not others in the area. There is still so much we don't know about the thermal features! I'm also glad for a chance to say Thank You, Cathy, for the excellent reports you send us! Best wishes, Janet Chapple Yellowstone Treasures author and publisher www.yellowstonetreasures.com - - - - - - On Feb 16, 2014, at 11:42 AM, "Bell, Catherine" wrote: > We just heard from Laurie Tuohy, the supervisory ranger at West Thumb, that Blue Funnel, Perforated Pool, and Ephydra Spring are all showing low water levels today. Blue Funnel is completely drained and not even steaming. Ephydra is well below normal, and Perforated is "noticeably lower" than usual. > > That's all I know for now! > > Cathy > > -- > Cathy Bell > Park Ranger > Old Faithful Visitor Education Center > Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190 > _______________________________________________ > Geysers mailing list > Geysers at lists.wallawalla.edu > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <#/attachments/20140217/430e5f75/attachment.html> From janet at snowmoon.us Thu Feb 20 12:42:42 2014 From: janet at snowmoon.us (Janet White | SnowMoon, LLC) Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2014 13:42:42 -0700 Subject: [Geysers] news from West Thumb In-Reply-To: <0C4D6051-0BA0-4C39-8B32-A52E1E3E6437@earthlink.net> References: <0C4D6051-0BA0-4C39-8B32-A52E1E3E6437@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <530668C2.4050000@snowmoon.us> Finally able to respond to this news - I, too, thank you, Cathy, for the reports! I've noticed over the years in my photo documentation of West Thumb that these three springs have remained at virtually the same water levels over the years (Ephydra will drop occasionally) while all around them levels change in other springs. I thought another spring (basically across the boardwalk from Blue Funnel Spring) might also be connected, but its water level dropped out of sight in maybe 2012 (?) and the other three remained the same. I remembered something in my research that said they were seen changing together as well. Finally dug that out. From Ralph Taylor's Letter From the President in the August 2001 Sput (Vol 15, No. 4): "Also, Bronco Grigg reports that the water levels in Blue Funnel Spring, Ephedra Spring, and Perforated Pool had dropped several feet (lower than when the new geyser east of Blue Funnel Spring first erupted)." That letter also reported that Ledge and Collapsing Pool were erupting. And a bit of personal news - Mike and I plan to be in Cody full time by the end of March (no house yet, but Mom has graciously opened her house to us until we find one). Can hardly wait! Janet White Field Journaling .com Geyser Watch .com Reporter for Yellowstone Gate .com janet at snowmoon.us On 2/17/2014 10:15 AM, JOChapple wrote: > It's curious that the three springs in a row at West Thumb are low in > water but not others in the area. There is still so much we don't know > about the thermal features! > > I'm also glad for a chance to say Thank You, Cathy, for the excellent > reports you send us! > > Best wishes, > Janet Chapple > > /Yellowstone Treasures/ author and publisher > www.yellowstonetreasures.com > - - - - - - > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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