<!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 6.00.6000.16441" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>I really didn't want to leave as early as I did today, but I had some must-do things in town, must-do today as I am training naturalists until 1700 tomorrow and know I have a van tour on Friday. So other gazers might be having fun about now.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The Grotto that I reported as ending around 1000 yesterday must have been a marathon. After that, nothing happened until fairly late in the afternoon, after I'd left. If I understood correctly (and maybe I didn't, actually) the recovery hot period was around 1555, had a duration of 6 minutes and was overall weak. Thereafter, continuing hot periods were also weak.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The first Grotto event was a solo Grotto Fountain at 2246 (5/22); Michael said Grotto tried to start with some splashes at 2303 but never really got going. The next Grotto Fountain was at 0504; Grotto started and lasted 35 minutes. Then there was Grotto Fountain at 0907, Grotto at 0912, and this time it had a duration of about 50 minutes. And then, Grotto Fountain at 1349, Grotto 1353, and Rocket major at 1449.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Meanwhile, today Giant was having hot periods about hourly. They were uniformly weak, with durations between 1m 30s and 4m. Finally, after a bathtub at 1259, there was we all believe was the strongest hot period since Saturday's eruption. But it still wasn't great. Duration about 6m 14s, some 3 foot surging in Mastiff with initially strong overflow, Feather and Satellite, Rust and SW Vents. But here's where the going gets good. At about the 5 minute mark, Bijou came on. Mastiff was flat but remained full. Feather and Satellite continued to play. Slit and Emerald began splashing. Cave started to bubble up 2 to 4 inches. Bijou roared. Catfish splashed heavily. Finally after at least a minute of this, Mastiff dropped and Feather & Satellite quickly followed... Four minutes later, while Giant was undergoing some fairly good surging within the cone, Feather tried to restart but never really did.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Moral -- not only from this but from other observations, there is a lot of energy in that system. An eruption by now or certainly tonight would not surprise me at all.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Artemisia 0842ns.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Riverside a long interval, 0546 and 1227.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Daisy on the long mode with 0603, 0939, and 1253.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Oblong short then longer, with 0431ie, 0734ns, and 1246.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The one Grand I saw today was at 0918 (T2C).</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Penta did it again -- a full water-phase major was 1318ie.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Castle erupted at 0818 major. No minor in several days now.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>During a quick run to the car, I caught Aurum at 1142.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Depression was 0727.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Plume was called several times, but those times were scattered through the day.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Scott Bryan</DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">See what's free at <A title="http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000503" href="http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000503" target="_blank">AOL.com</A>. </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>