If I decide I am not too lazy, I will send in a report from the past few days, but here is a report about the most important thing from the last few days. It felt like we would never get this eruption to come, or at least not while I was here. For those who were around the last couple days, I apologize for my loud complaining that the geysers wouldn't do anything. Just as background, on Tuesday (7/6), we had event cycles up the wazoo. One had a triple pause, one had a double pause, but neither had sustained water levels to get anyone too excited. Wednesday (7/7) there was some sort of a change in the system, and we had NO event cycles. The same pattern happened today (7/8). It was weird in that Upper Mortar was very frequent in its roars. It would huff loudly just before most cycles began (where River would turn on). Sometimes water would even be visible. Before some of the longer cycles, not only would Upper Mortar huff and puff, but the Main Vent of Fan would also roar loudly, and Bottom Vent would get denser water. When the minor vents of Fan came on, Gold acted almost like it was in a lock. It put waves of water out constantly playing 3-5 feet. It was impressive and scary at the same time. The water level would hold until about one or two minutes after Angle would turn on. I was half-expecting one of these cycles to just go into lock without any other events. Here are the sequence of events that led up to the eruption. Just as an extra note, when I have "normal water levels," I am referring to water levels in Gold where it does not act like it's in lock like it had for the last 2 days. 1501 River and Gold Vents on with normal water levels 1505 Angle on 1522 River off 1534 Main Vent roar 1550 Upper Mortar huff 1550 River on 1555-1557 Loud Main Vent roaring 1557 River Pause 1559-1630 Main Vent splashing (some large splashes as tall as the sinter wall next to East Vent) 1610 River on (duration of last pause = 13 minutes) 1618 Upper Mortar huff 1615 River Pause - Double Pause 1631-1656 Bottom Vent Erupting 1655 River on 1657 Gold on 1701 Angle on From the moment Angle turned on, I was almost sure we would get an eruption. High Vent was pouring water out constantly, and Gold was playing 6 feet high almost without stopping as well. 1704 High Vent constantly 2-3 feet, Gold 6 feet 1708 Lock in High (~12 feet) and Gold (~8 feet) 1709 East Vent initiates the eruption (I am pretty sure, I was going pretty insane at this point.) 1719 First pause 1743 Last water = duration 34 minutes The eruption was fantastic. The wind was changing quite a lot throughout the eruption, though there was not much wind anyways. Sometimes it blew it towards the river, other times towards the boardwalk. The sun backlit the eruption every now and then but would also duck behind the clouds for a few minutes at a time. Lower Mortar took a couple minutes to join into the eruption but was as big as I have ever seen it. Karen Low estimated it at about 40 feet, I probably exaggerated by saying it was about 50 feet, but it was large as was Upper Mortar. Fan put water just across the gravel/asphalt trail. When I manage to get pictures uploaded, I will post a link here to the listserv. -Ben Hoppe -- I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. - Galatians 2:20