<html> <head> <style></style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'> Selected Items from the OFVC logbook   Castle 1249ie major Daisy 0122E, 0356E, 0632E, 0906ie, 1126ie, 1353 Grand 0910 (2B), 1901 V2/T2*Q Riverside 1111ie, 1729   Artemisia 1139ie Aurum 1451, 1945 Beehive 1710 (Ind - 1657) Grotto 1143, 1917 Grotto Fountain 1141ie, 1914 Lion 0936 initial, 1106ns Oblong 1248ie, 1751ie Plume 0805, 0905, 1315, 1415, 1510, 1610, 1710 Rocket major 1338   Great Fountain 0537 p = 8, 1714 p =6   Pink Cone 1207ie, still ie 1221   Fountain 1637 end ~ 1709   The boards were slick this morning.  Despite taking little tiny baby step, I still managed to land flat on my rear and back near Sawmill.   The morning eruption of Great Fountain was nearly a moonset eruption.  I arrived about 4:30 am, could see the ice skim on the outer pools in the moonlight, and watched the moon turn golden as it neared the western horizon.  It set at 0535, two minutes before Great Fountain had the 1-meter boil at 0537.  This evening's Great Fountain eruption had a strong sixth burst, so I moved the 10/3 morning prediction out to 0815 plus/minus two hours.  There was a small break in the horizon so there was a little bit of golden light backlighting the sixth burst, but I didn't set up the camera.  There were a few pink ruffles on the clouds as I drove away toward West Yellowstone.   Visitor comment of the day-A young boy to his mother, "Look at the island out there in the middle of the steam" in reference to Great Fountain's central crater.   Lynn Stephens <hr />Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. <a href='http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222986/direct/01/' target='_new'>Get it now.</a></body> </html>