<html><head><style type="text/css"></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><DIV>Thanks for this description.  This is the most information I've ever heard about it.  As I understand, MMG has been dormant for decades.  When did it reactivate?<BR></DIV> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma> <HR SIZE=1> <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> "Inezaustin@aol.com" <Inezaustin@aol.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B> Inezaustin@aol.com<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Sat, July 23, 2011 4:49:01 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [Geysers] 19, 20, and 21 July 2011 (Schwarz)<BR></FONT><BR><FONT id=role_document color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial> <DIV>I am at the cabin in Oregon at the moment so I do not have the latest photos and info.  I have been watching this geyser for almost 50 years.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Spring/early summer Morning Mist eruptions start with a full pool that has been in overflow for at least 6 hours.  It is not unusual for it to have aborted eruptions.  They happen at the beginning of the cycle and are like a giant burp that fills the pool with gold glitter and pine needles.  The pool (as always) then drains to about 8 feet and stays that way, slowly filling for about a week.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>That said.  It acts much like Artemesia.  The right side of the deep pool and eventually the center have large series of big bubbles (old time silver dollar) slowly rising in groups of 3-10 bubbles then small doming when thousands of small bubbles (dime size and smaller) erupt together.  The small bubbles are a prediction of eruption. Once it gets going it has three areas of eruption, always starting to the right (stand on the end of the pool 180 degrees from the run off channel facing the pool.  The majority of large eruptions come from the center. The third area is to the left under the overhang of the deep pool.  The pool rises and falls, watch the biscuits on the sides.  Not quite pulsations like the Googles. As the end of the eruption approaches this is quite noticeable like it is at Spa Geyser.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Spring/early summer eruptions can last for more than a day, sometimes for three days or more.  Lots of overflow!  Pre-eruptive bubbles rarely last for more than 4 hours.  Most eruptions are in the 2-3 foot range in the spring with occasional bursts to 6-8 feet.  Summer/Fall eruptions are much shorter in time but much higher (8-10 feet), last often less than an hour and range in the 8-15 day interval cycle.  Spring/early summer are impossible to predict.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Once I am home I can refer to my notes and post photos if you want.  I have photos of the several geyser areas in that  area and in the meadows upstream of the OFL cabins I have taken.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Inez</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 7/23/2011 4:22:15 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, TSBryan@aol.com 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><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial> <DIV>Minds interested in them all want to know -- on Morning Mist.........</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Were these distinct eruptive times, or some sort of "high points" in an extended eruption?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Was the pool full and overflowing? If so, any idea as to how long it had been in overflow.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Any other details would be nifty.... er no, I guess "Nifty" is now used as a UGB geyser. So it would be cool. Thanks</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Scott Bryan</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 7/21/2011 3:39:40 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, schwarzmb@gmail.com 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>19 July 2011:<BR><BR>     Morning Mist  1315 (7'),  1434 (4'),  1436 (6'),  1550 (3'),  1621 (to 2')  from Dick Powell<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></FONT><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Geysers mailing list<BR>Geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu<BR>https://lists.wallawalla.edu/mailman/listinfo/geysers<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></FONT></DIV></DIV></div></body></html>