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If we consider that the Kaleidoscope group is one of the most active geyser areas in the park, putting a boardwalk out there would make perfect sense from the scientific and public interest angle. It ranks right up there with a second pit toilet at Fan and Mortar on the list of worthwhile projects. But then, even if money grew on trees, I wonder if either would be accomplished. Not to be pessimistic or anything.....<div><br></div><div>Keith Baker<br><div><div>On Jul 14, 2011, at 6:39 AM, Freund, Udo wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"> <font face="Consolas, monospace" size="2"> <div><span><Kaleidoscope Group 1904.jpg></span> </div> <div>See attached section taken from the 1904 Hague Atlas. Perhaps NPS will restore some of the trails that surrounded the group over a century ago. I know it won't happen since NPS policy is to keep the public as far away as possible from things people really want to see. A boardwalk out there would be nice. Yawn - just waking up from my dream. . .</div> <div> </div> <div>Thanks, </div> <div>Udo Freund</div> <div>"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there."</div> <div>--Will Rogers</div> <div> </div> <div>-----Original Message-----<br> From: <a href="mailto:geysers-bounces@lists.wallawalla.edu">geysers-bounces@lists.wallawalla.edu</a> [<a href="mailto:geysers-bounces@lists.wallawalla.edu">mailto:geysers-bounces@lists.wallawalla.edu</a>] On Behalf Of JEFFREY CROSS<br> Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 8:17 PM<br> To: Geyser Observation Reports<br> Subject: EXTERNAL: RE: [Geysers] And help with Kaleidoscope?</div> <div> </div> <div>What we need is for someone to go to the Fountain overlook with a Brunton compass and measure angles to all of the thermal features in the Kaleidoscope and Fissure Groups. Sput article, anyone?</div> <div> </div> <div>Jeff Cross</div> <div><a href="mailto:jeff.cross@utah.edu">jeff.cross@utah.edu</a></div> <div> </div> <div>________________________________________</div> <div>From: <a href="mailto:geysers-bounces@lists.wallawalla.edu">geysers-bounces@lists.wallawalla.edu</a> [<a href="mailto:geysers-bounces@lists.wallawalla.edu">geysers-bounces@lists.wallawalla.edu</a>] On Behalf Of <a href="mailto:caros@xmission.com">caros@xmission.com</a> [<a href="mailto:caros@xmission.com">caros@xmission.com</a>]</div> <div>Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 7:37 PM</div> <div>To: Geyser Observation Reports</div> <div>Subject: [Geysers] And help with Kaleidoscope?</div> <div> </div> <div>Need some help determining what feature or features we saw while</div> <div>hanging out waiting for Fountain last week (did get a stunningly</div> <div>beautiful Honeycomb whilst waiting also...)</div> <div> </div> <div>OK, here's the set-up. Please understand I had binoculars with me and</div> <div>have never had mega-eyeballs before when viewing this area. From right</div> <div>to left, Deep Blue, the thing I'm not sure of that was BIG (larger</div> <div>than Deep Blue all the time I watched it) but was in the basic</div> <div>Kaleidoscope/Drain area), a small (guessing a meter across) pool, and</div> <div>a last pool I'm fairly sure was Three Vent. All lined up in a row; the</div> <div>thing I think was 3-Vent was well to the right of Blow-out and where</div> <div>NTFL erupted from.</div> <div> </div> <div>With the binoculars, the feature in question clearly had suspended</div> <div>particles in it (think the milky blue of Porcelain Basin, not the</div> <div>clear intense blue of Gentian or Deep Blue). The edge on this pool's</div> <div>right had the gentle slope you expect with active geysers; however,</div> <div>the rear edge and left side of the pool formed abrupt right angles</div> <div>with the landscape around them. The feature sat perhaps 6" below the</div> <div>pool's rim, although it did appear to flow over the lip toward Deep</div> <div>Blue from time to time. Not sure how important this is, but what was</div> <div>visible of the crater at the back and back left seemed a goldy-orange</div> <div>and irregular (like no build-up of sinter in pretty patterns.</div> <div> </div> <div>The 4 eruptions we saw were enormous, but they were literally "blink"</div> <div>geysers whose eruptions were restricted to a single burst with a</div> <div>second or so prodromal play before the big water came bursting</div> <div>through. Guess on the height of the first 3 is 80 feet; the 4th was</div> <div>smaller (looked a little like Drain toward the end of a series).</div> <div>Bursts were 6-10 minutes apart. First burst was fan-shaped, wide the</div> <div>way Drain is wide. Second was a tall, narrow spindle and very</div> <div>Kaleidoscope-shaped but came and went much faster than one expects</div> <div>Kaleidoscope to (likewise with the first one); third was kind of a</div> <div>spherical burst with a "spindle" coming up through it; the fourth was</div> <div>as described above. The pool did not drain, but we saw no further</div> <div>activity though we waited through most of Honeycomb and all of</div> <div>Fountain/Morning's Thief.</div> <div> </div> <div>Wondering if the milky pool and the angular edge suggest a blowout of</div> <div>some sort and if maybe Drain's and Kaeidoscope's pool now function as</div> <div>one pool? Several days later on a Fountain sit, noticed that the pool</div> <div>was truly full, but we witnessed no further eruptions.</div> <div> </div> <div>Any takers on this one? Deep Blue had several smallish vents playing</div> <div>including the geyser previously known as the Firehose; nothing except</div> <div>intermittent steam out of the two pools to the left of this montage.</div> <div> </div> <div>One more question re Sprinkler group: currently, there are two geysers</div> <div>in what I think are the Vertical/Angle area that are playing in</div> <div>concert fairly consistently and do look to be coming out of the same</div> <div>shallow crater. They are the only two I've noticed that exhibit this</div> <div>twinned behavior. Any takers on that one as well?</div> <div> </div> <div>Thanks for any help. 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