<br> For what it's worth, Spiteful typically becomes murky from Fan washing gravel and dirt from the old roadbed down into it. If the eruption was spanning the walkway for a good amount of time, you can bet there was a decent flood pouring into Spiteful.
<br><br>David<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/11/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">MaryBeth Schwarz</b> <<a href="mailto:mbschwar@hotmail.com">mbschwar@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br> A beautiful clear cool morning with Grand at 0222(T1C) I=10m2s (thanks<br>to Karl Hoppe!) and 0901 (T1Q) got even better.<br><br> A group of gazers saw Artemisia at 1002 (d>29m Kitt Barger). On the<br>way back from Artemisia Dean noticed high water levels at Fan & Mortar and
<br>called on the radio that the water levels looked good. Then as Dean said<br>that water in Gold was dropping, Kitt said that there had been good water<br>levels for 12 minutes. Lynn noticed that Bottom Vent's channel was damp
<br>about halfway to the river but there was no standing water. Suddenly Kitt<br>said that in the "Old Days" we would have called this a "LOCK" with High<br>going very high. Other gazers were roaring down toward F&M as fast as
<br>possible. At 1054 and 23 seconds East Vent started. About 20s later Main<br>vent started and the rest of Fan and then Lower Mortar about 15s later and<br>Upper Mortar followed. There were lots of rocks from Main and East Vent and
<br>many rainbows were seen. The water reached way beyond the ditch past Norris<br>Pool. The first burst was about 17 minutes (Lynn correct me if I am off)<br>and total duration 30 minutes 25 seconds (Lynn Stephens). Thanks to Lynn
<br>and Kitt and Dean! All of us were so excited to see our old friends F&M<br>erupt again! The previous eruption was 5 June 2007 at 0640ns for an<br>interval of about 36d 4h 15m.<br><br> Things progressed so quickly that folks were unsure whether Spiteful
<br>was murky before the eruption of F&M or if Fan's eruption caused it to<br>become murky. There is still orange bacteria from Spiteful to the river.<br><br> To continue the wonderful day, Beehive's Indicator was 1203ie, and
<br>Beehive erupted at 1215.<br><br> What will happen next in Wonderland?<br><br> Mary Beth Schwarz<br></blockquote></div>