<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1515" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT color=#000080><SPAN class=159090915-12012006>Perhaps in my haste to write something quickly on my break at work I did not elaborate sufficiently.  I did not say it was hard to imagine something different erupting out there.<SPAN class=159090915-12012006>  </SPAN>I believe people when they say something unusual happened.  But we have conflicting reports of the specifics.  First, a report of a Morning erupting to 80 to 100 feet (which is about the height of an 8 to 10 story building) during an eruption of Fountain.  A second report, which attempted to verify this, said there was a lack of evidence that Morning had erupted.  Snow wasn't melted in Morning's runoff channels as would be expected, which therefore contradicted the first report.  I was speculating to attempt to resolve the conflict.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT color=#000080><SPAN class=159090915-12012006></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT color=#000080><SPAN class=159090915-12012006>Is it possible for an 80 to 100 foot eruption of Morning to leave no change in the surrounding snow?  Virtually impossible was one opinion with which I agree.  Could Morning's Thief have erupted to 100'?  Certainly, but would such a large eruption (a new record height) also leave no evidence such as snowmelt from runoff?  I guess anything's possible, but I have doubts.  Leaving the surrounding snow unchanged might imply that it erupts this way more often but without witnesses!  Not impossible either.  It is more likely </SPAN><SPAN class=159090915-12012006>that the height of an MT eruption may have been exaggerated.  Many previous eruption heights have been misjudged, even by experienced gazers.  You may recall a study that was done at Grand many years ago involving people's guesses versus calculations from inclinometer readings.  Discounting the height, not the eruption itself, better resolves this conflict, at least in my mind</SPAN>.<SPAN class=159090915-12012006>  I welcome other opinions and anything that would further help clarify this.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT color=#000080><SPAN class=159090915-12012006></SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT color=#000080><SPAN class=159090915-12012006></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT><FONT color=#000080><SPAN class=159090915-12012006>Lastly, the reason we revisit YNP is precisely to see the unusual, as well as the usual, thrilling</SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT color=#000080> <SPAN class=159090915-12012006>events.  Sadly, I've missed major eruptions of the three you mentioned.  But I have seen Morning and Fountain erupt together (5 July 1991).  It is one of my fondest memories.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT color=#000080><SPAN class=159090915-12012006></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#000080><SPAN class=159090915-12012006></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us>Thanks,</SPAN></FONT> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Brush Script MT" color=#000080 size=6>Udo Freund</FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> geysers-bounces@wwc.edu [mailto:geysers-bounces@wwc.edu] <B>On Behalf Of </B>TSBryan@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, January 10, 2006 7:37 PM<BR><B>To:</B> geysers@wwc.edu<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Geysers] Geyser Report 1-06-06<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 1/10/2006 5:04:13 PM Pacific Standard Time, gosastore@qnet.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000000 size=2><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">I find it hard to believe that the 80-100' height mentioned is accurate.  There is nothing to compare to in that setting, making such judgments difficult at best.  </FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Try imagining an 8 to 10 story building out there. </FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>I'm not saying that Morning's Thief actually did erupt... but why is it so hard to imagine? As of a few months ago, Pathetic Little Hole certainly hadn't done much. Two years ago we were thrilled by Butterfly Spring. And remember that quiet pool called Fantail?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Scott Bryan</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>