<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18939"></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" id=role_body bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 rightMargin=7 topMargin=7><FONT id=role_document color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial> <DIV>Interesting story about the name, as for several years I've heard/known this as "Dog Bone," not as "Hot Dog." In any case, it clearly is a part of the Spasmodic system and so should NOT be separately termed as a geyser in its own right.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Scott Bryan</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 8/25/2010 7:06:03 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, jeff.cross@utah.edu writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>Is the small vent across the boardwalk from Penta a geyser?<BR><BR>If so, should it be considered a geyser separately from Spasmodic?<BR><BR>This summer, I found out that some people call this vent "Hot Dog."  It is right next to the boardwalk, on the same side as Spasmodic and opposite Penta.  It is shaped roughly like a bootprint.  It seems to be most active when Penta is about to start an eruption.<BR><BR>The origin of the name is interesting: A careless visitor was illegally walking a dog on the boardwalk.  When the animal saw the bubbling vent, it jumped down to investigate and burnt its paw.  The animal's yelps attracted the comment from one gazer: "That's what I call a hot dog."</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>