[Geysers] Geyser Report Wednesday, September 9, 2015

[Barbara Lasseter]

Geyser Report Wednesday, September 9, 2015

High 20's going into the park, high 60's coming home.

Beehive: 1235 (Beehive's Indicator 1220)
Grand: 1138 T1C
Lion: 0618 initial wc GT, 0733 wc GT, 0840, 0943 minor, 0946 minor, 1026 frs
Castle: post-minor this AM per Jim Scheirer, 0849 major
Oblong: 0937 frs, 1447 GT
Daisy: 0550ns GT, 0840 frs, 1121
Grotto: 0832 frs
Riverside: 0656 GT, 1329 frs
Artemisia: 1537ie GT
Founain: 1446 ie GT
Great Fountain: in early overflow @ 0603, eruption 0710 p=9
[note: yesterday's eruption was 1612--2 minutes shy of a 15hour interval.
Yesterday's electronic was 0147E, after prior eruption that was not that
powerful @ 1359 on 9/7]
"Rejuvenated": 0612ie, 0643, 0710

Seen yesterday: a forest service truck stopped on the loop road beside a
bison near Biscuit.  They had backed up a bit of traffic and 1 fellow had
gotten out between the truck and the bison (maybe 5-10yds away) while
someone in the truck took his picture--big grin.

The stripped pavement on the northbound lane at Fountain Flat is starting
to break down--still no further work evident.

A pair of bison near the boardwalk from Sawmill to Lion led me to go to the
hill via the Old Faithful bridge this AM.  The new asphalt there looks
terrific, and logs have been placed across the "shortcut" at the bend just
below Old Faithful.  The well-defined path should encourage traffic to stay
on the trail, and the surface is a major improvement over the old broken
path.  The rose hips along the way are bright red.

No sign of marmots on either the hillside at the top of that new asphalt
trail or behind Grand, despite the sunshine.  Looks like they may have gone
to den.

I'm hoping to catch the last public tour of the Yellowstone archives in
Gardiner in the AM, as well as visit the "new" Albright  VC in Mammoth.  I
don't expect to file a report for the next 2 days.  I have seen many gazers
just long enough to say a quick hello over the holiday, and already they
are leaving!

Barbara Lasseter
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