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<DIV><FONT face=Arial> Congratulations on seeing a
Fan and Mortar! Also I would like to thank the visitor center staff for
their help last weekend. Radios were rather sparse in the Upper Geyser
Basin. Unfortunately, I left the area one minute before Beehive's
Indicator finally started on Sunday (10/18), but I still got to see many geysers
and I think some visitors have also caught the geyser gazing bug. A group
of visitors followed us from Grand to Fountain where they enjoyed a wonderful
show. :o) Here's hoping that closing weekend offers us good weather
so that you will have more gazers to share geyser times
with. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial> As for my drive home, I saw
many bison near the Lake/Fishing Bridge area. The swans were hanging out
in a protected cove on the lake and a bison sporting "coyote like" antics caused
me to pause during my trek home. (The bison would rear up then pounce in
one spot like a coyote trying to get a mouse. After he did this several
times, the bison dropped to the ground and rolled raising quite a dust
storm.) Take care and hope to see you in a week.</FONT></DIV>
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face=Arial>
Sincerely, Kitt Barger </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu
href="mailto:geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu">geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, October 21, 2009 3:58
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Geysers] Fw: Fan & Mortar,
1421 10/21/09</DIV>
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<DIV>I was very lucky to have my own private Fan & Mortar eruption this
afternoon! </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I biked downbasin from the visitor center around two o'clock, thinking
that F&M had likely already erupted and that I'd just be replacing the
marker. I arrived at 1407 and saw the marker still in place, and better
yet, High, Gold, and Angle putting out a fair amount of water. Gold and
Angle were splashing maybe two feet high, and High was pretty steady at four
feet or so. By 1414 water levels looked great, with High at eight feet
or more, and I called a lock on the radio. Nobody was around to
hear, alas. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>At 1417 everything died, stopping almost completely. High continued
to sputter weakly but Gold and Angle pretty much quit. At
1419, everything surged back on, and a sudden huge surge in Main Vent at 1421
initiated the eruption! I noticed no splashing at all in Mortar prior to
the eruption. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I had things completely to myself for seven minutes, when four visitors
arrived. The shifting wind direction and the cool weather (temps in the
high thirties) made this a rather difficult eruption to see, with lots of
steam blowing straight towards wherever I stood, but I did get an amazing
double rainbow at one point. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Riverside erupted at 1452, and the wind direction--which had been so
difficult for F&M--was perfect for viewing. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Besides that, we don't have a lot of other geyser news from today.
Supervisory Ranger Rita Garcia did see Grand on geyser predict this morning;
it was a two-burster at 0828. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Two other things of interest: Castle appeared to have three
consecutive minors on 10/16/2009, per electronic data. 0539E, 0935E, and
2056E. I haven't seen any more eruptions out of Victory Geyser, though
its water level is still high and boiling.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Hope to see some of you in the park for closing weekend! It's
coming up fast.... </DIV>
<DIV><BR> </DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>Cathy Bell <BR>Park Ranger (Interpretation)
<BR>Old Faithful Visitor Center
<BR>Yellowstone National Park <BR></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></FONT>
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