<!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 6.00.6000.16481" 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>Today's gazing featured two unusual episodes:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>1. In a fashion highly similar to last Tuesday, today Grotto started eruption at 0656 (Grotto Fountain at 0639). The duration was 3h 00m (+ or - a minute or so). And like last week, this was followed by progressively weaker activity in the Giant Complex, to the point that Bijou was all-but-dead by 1100 or so. However, the difference is that today's event was accelerated over last week, and there was a Giant hot period at 1147, d = 6m 57s but only Feather, Rust , and SW Vents, Mastiff flat virtually throughout.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>2. Starting around 0900 this morning, Morning's Thief began a series of independent eruptions. They repeated every few minutes (Jim Holstein and Ralph Taylor [separately] have some times, and Lynn got 1156, 1208 and 1220). Some of these evidently were 40+ feet high. When I got there at about 1315, Fountain and Morning were both near full, only a few feet separating their waters. Morning's Thief was boiling up as high as 4 to 6 feet every minute or two. Clepsydra didn't know whether to be on or off. Spasm had an extraordinarily long eruption given its previous 2007 record, and etc. Ah, but then Fountain started at 1347. Thief had one so-so eruption seconds after Fountain started. But unusual again: Fountain's duration was only about 29 1/2 minutes, extraordinarily short for 2007.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Otherwise, it was a pretty ordinary day.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Daisy was on short mode, with intervals of 2h 36m, 2h 20m and 2h 32m.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Riverside was at 0423ns and 1021.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Oblong had a long interval from 0300ie to 0851.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Castle was 0730ns, major.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Lion was seen at 0703 (not initial), 0834ie and 0957 minor.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Plume had intervals of 53, 49, 54 and 40 minutes</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>As of about 1300, Beehive had not erupted (apparently) since last Saturday afternoon.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Scott Bryan</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Grand was at 0726 (2 bursts).</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Penta was 0633ie.</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>