<div>I'll second the thanks, and also the interesting stuff about Vixen, on which I have two additional observations, one with a question attached.</div> <div> </div> <div>First, we were there with the Thompsons for one major (on 8/30), and noticed that during the major, Vixen was bringing up quite a number of small rocks. We didn't see any rocks during the several minors that we saw. Second, and the question: both minors and majors were erupting crystal-clear water -- which we found interesting because of the oft-reported tendency of Norris geysers to erupt muddy, or at least slightly dirty, water at Disturbance time. I'd never seen Vixen before, Disturbance or no Disturbance; was it one that got muddy during Disturbances in the past?</div> <div> </div> <div>-- Bill.<br><br></div> <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 10:23 PM, Bruce Jensen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bpnjensen@yahoo.com">bpnjensen@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class="gmail_quote"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top">Thanks, Denise. Rich Henderson and I observed Vixen Geyser for 5.5 hours on the 26th of August, and came away very impressed - many eruptions in that time frame, including one major of 24+ minutes. Astounding! Also Daughter of Green Dragon spraying/splashing to 20 feet, Pearl in constant play, and a substantial eruption of Gray Lakes. We hope to have a Sput article on Vixen coming up.<br> <br>Bruce Jensen,<br>California, USA<br>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br><br>"[Yellowstone] is a fabulous country, the only fabulous country; it is the one place where miracles not only happen, but where they happen all the time." ~ Thomas Wolfe<br> <br>--- On <b>Thu, 9/2/10, Denise Herman <i><<a href="mailto:npstora@gmail.com" target="_blank">npstora@gmail.com</a>></i></b> wrote:<br> <blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><br>From: Denise Herman <<a href="mailto:npstora@gmail.com" target="_blank">npstora@gmail.com</a>><br>Subject: [Geysers] Norris Disturbance<br> To: <a href="mailto:geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu" target="_blank">geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu</a><br>Date: Thursday, September 2, 2010, 2:01 PM <div> <div></div> <div class="h5"><br><br> <div> <div>The following is based mostly on observations by visitors and staff, with some correlations with downloaded information from loggers deployed in the basin.</div> <div> </div> <div> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><font size="3" face="Calibri">Norris Geyser Basin Disturbance 2010</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><font size="3" face="Calibri">Since disturbance began, Pearl Geyser began erupting for the first time this season. <span> </span>Veteran’s crater is dry.<span> </span>Sagebrush springs, including Mini Pearl, are quite actively erupting.<span> </span>Curiously, Porkchop’s temperature has dropped since the start of disturbance. Emerald and Cistern are at rolling boils. There is a strange spike on 8/25 on Echinus’ channel temperature logger, but no corresponding spike in discharge into Tantalus, so we’re not certain that we had an Echinus eruption.<span> </span>The weir data shows a large spike in discharge in Tantalus occurring on 8/28, but we are not sure what has caused that.<span> </span>The disturbance is affecting both Porcelain and Back Basin, with increased temperatures recorded on both sides.<span> </span>Constant Geyser has really tapered off since disturbance, and temperature loggers on Steamboat seem to confirm that it has been “zapped” since the start of disturbance (one curious thing with Steamboat this season—it seems to have a cycle of 3 days of minor eruptions, then a lull for around 12 hours…hmm…).<span> </span>Minor eruptions are less frequent and powerful than before.<span> </span>The most exciting change has been with Vixen Geyser.<span> </span>The first reported eruption of Vixen for the season was 6/30, and intervals were pretty long—around 1 hour or so between, and eruptions were minor.<span> </span>Since the disturbance began, intervals have shortened to roughly 20-25 minutes, with some major eruptions.<span> </span>We had our first report of disturbance events on 8/26, but downloads from the loggers indicate that the disturbance really began 8/24.</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><font size="3" face="Calibri">Disturbance seems to be going strong!</font></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><font size="3" face="Calibri">Denise Herman</font></p></div></div><br></div></div>-----Inline Attachment Follows-----<br><br> <div>_______________________________________________<br>Geysers mailing list<br><a href="http://mc/compose?to=Geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu" target="_blank">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></div> </blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table><br><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>