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<DIV>In a message dated 8/10/2006 6:30:47 PM Mountain Standard Time,
fanandmortar@hotmail.com writes:</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Steve
Robinson called me from the park today to say that the Grotto Lynn reported
yesterday turned out to be a 12-hour marathon. Grotto started another
eruption today, 8/10, at 0947.<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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<DIV>and furthermore... Who knows what happened during the night, but Lynn also
reported a moderately long hot period at 06xx. While I was in, there was another
hot period at 0829ie (d < 3 min), then 0945 (d = 5m 53s but quite weak
overall), and 1102 (d ~ 2 min).</DIV>
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<DIV>I wasn't in the UGB for long, but there were Plumes with intervals of 61,
52, and 532 minutes.</DIV>
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<DIV>I spent most of my day in the Lower Basin, and here is something that I'd
like input on if possible-- I recall that somebody reported similar activity a
month of two ago and would appreciate a repeat of that recollection.</DIV>
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<DIV>I went out to Narcissus. At approximately 1200, it was about 6 inches below
overflow. Saying "Oh, well," I went on down to Underhill Geyser. After finding
it about as before (durations longer than the intervals, one interval of 5 1/2
minutes), I returned to Narcissus. And there was water -- a LOT of it -- flowing
down both runoff channels. But the water was still/again fully 6 inches below
overflow. At 1229 the water very abruptly rose, poured a great volume of water
over all outflow areas, pulsed vigorously and splashed as high as 2 feet. It did
this for about 2 minutes. I've never seen Narcissus do anything so vigorous
without an eruption, so I entered the time in my notebook, as 1229. But then it
stopped, and the water dropped down, you guessed it, about 6 inches. I waited.
At 1308 the same event recurred. No eruption.</DIV>
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<DIV>This is completely "aberrant" behavior in my experience. Does it sound
simiar to anybody?</DIV>
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<DIV>Scott Bryan</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>