<!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 6.00.6000.16981" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=266053705-28012010><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>This is the first eruption I have heard of.  I removed the electronic monitor in June of 2005--there aren't enough to log everything!</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=266053705-28012010><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=266053705-28012010><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>By the way, there are monitors on Splendid, Giant, F&M, and Opal Pool.  Hope springs eternal.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=266053705-28012010><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=266053705-28012010><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Ralph Taylor</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> geysers-bounces@lists.wallawalla.edu [mailto:geysers-bounces@lists.wallawalla.edu] <B>On Behalf Of </B>David Schwarz<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, January 26, 2010 9:22 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Geyser Observation Reports<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Geysers] Quick Geyser Report for last week<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV><BR>   Have I missed something, or is this the first known eruption of North Goggles since September of 2004?  I suppose the electronic monitor must have been moved off of it years ago by now?<BR><BR>David Schwarz<BR><BR> <DIV class=gmail_quote>On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 7:56 PM, Graham Meech <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:meechg@verizon.net">meechg@verizon.net</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid"> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD style="FONT-FAMILY: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-stretch: inherit" vAlign=top> <DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid"> <DIV>Not much time to report on geyser activity as I have returned from a great week in the basin and have immediately gone on travel for work.  Here are the key items that might be of use to observers.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Depression was going very frequently on intervals of 2h15m - 2h50m.  It is probably bi-modal since it comes up and tries to erupt early in the window (heavy overflow and big bubbles) and it either erupts or drops a few inches and then slowly refills and tries again 25-30 minutes later and it succeeded on all the second attempts.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The biggest surprise for me was <SPAN>Aurum</SPAN> erupting on intervals of 3h17m - 3h27m - yes only a 10min window for the 5 closed intervals I observed.  Quite remarcable given its usual eratic behavior.  The splashing steadily built up so it was fairly easy to figure out when to stay and watch it.  Whenever it started near-continuous splashing above the rim it was a good time to stay and wait a few minutes for an eruption.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dome was active for 4 days (Tues-Fri).  Intervals increased from just over 20 minutes to over 40 minutes as the series progressed.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I saw one North Goggle minor on Friday (I think).  It was boiling at depth when I walked by and I waited and it erupted on the first rise.  This was about 3 hours after the last Lion eruption in a series.  I watched to see if it had any more eruptions but it boiled up once but failed to erupt and then stopped boiling.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>All Grand eruptions observed during the week (I think it was 5) had 2 bursts.  Not a very big sample size but its nice to come away with a 2 burst average after the recent lean years.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>More to come later but these are the most significant items I can remember off the top of my head now.  I will try and post some more info on Sunday.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Graham.</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Geysers mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:Geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu">Geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu</A><BR><A href="https://lists.wallawalla.edu/mailman/listinfo/geysers" target=_blank>https://lists.wallawalla.edu/mailman/listinfo/geysers</A><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>