<div> </div> Every time I saw it, Mastiff started 5-10 minutes into a hot period from a full and surging pool and with the platform vents on strong. Waning activity in the vents was directly associated with Mastiff's water level dropping, and that usually didn't happen if it was going to erupt. In at least one case, Bijou had already restarted, but Mastiff stayed full and boiling, and the vents stayed on.<div> </div><div> The periodic surging to 2-4 feet that happened in the front vent of Mastiff during strong hot periods would keep getting bigger, until at some point, based on the sound as much as anything else, it became clear that it was jetting rather than just boiling and surging. Then the back vent would start. You can see that sequence in Steve's video. At first, you see angled jetting from right to left over Giant's cone. That's the front vent. Then you see something that looks like Grand starting behind the cone. That's the back vent.</div> <div> </div><div>David Schwarz <div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 12:55 AM, Karen Webb <<a href="mailto:caros@xmission.com" target="_blank">caros@xmission.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> For Paul: LOL!!! For Steve: OMG do not denigrate your skills or the quality of the image!! This is stunning and glorious and we all sat with our mouths hanging open watching it. OK, drooling. Makes me wish gazers had a saying for geysers they've either never seen or missed for extended periods, similar to "Next year in Jerusalem" (said at Passover as a Jewish tradition). One question: With a Mastiff Function, is there not much going on in the platform vents at the time Mastiff takes off? Do you get sort of a normal hot period, and this starts as the platform vents die down or do Feather and friends just not start? Karen Webb <div><div class="h5"> On 10/4/2012 9:21 PM, Paul Strasser wrote: <blockquote type="cite"> <div> Who was that idiot screaming over on the boardwalk? Oh… Never mind, Paul Strasser <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"> <hr align="center" size="2" width="100%"> </div> From: <a href="mailto:geysers-bounces@lists.wallawalla.edu" target="_blank">geysers-bounces@lists.wallawalla.edu</a> [<a href="mailto:geysers-bounces@lists.wallawalla.edu" target="_blank">mailto:geysers-bounces@lists.wallawalla.edu</a>] On Behalf Of STEPHEN P BEZORE Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2012 4:24 PM To: Geyser Observation Reports Subject: Re: [Geysers] Mastiff Function Giant? </div> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in" valign="top"> <div> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <div> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <div> Years ago I made a short edited video of the September 27, 1997 eruption of Giant. Try as I might, I can't find a copy of it. As a substitute I took my recording of the beginning of the eruption, trimmed it, and uploaded it to Youtube. </div> <div> </div> <div> <a href="http://youtu.be/_uU180CpFho" target="_blank">http://youtu.be/_uU180CpFho</a> </div> <div> </div> <div> It was a cool, steamy morning, the sun was obscured by clouds, and the cameraman was incompetent. However, it does give one a sense of scale. </div> <div> </div> <div> Steve Bezore </div> --- On Mon, 10/1/12, Karen Webb <a href="mailto:caros@xmission.com" target="_blank"><caros@xmission.com></a> wrote: <blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #1010ff 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt;margin-left:4.2pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"> From: Karen Webb <a href="mailto:caros@xmission.com" target="_blank"><caros@xmission.com></a> Subject: [Geysers] Mastiff Function Giant? To: "geysers" <a href="mailto:geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu" target="_blank"><geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu></a> Date: Monday, October 1, 2012, 4:45 PM <div> <div> Just writing to ask if anyone has footage of a Giant Mastiff Function eruption? I've found the one that lasts about 4:41 seconds (you can *really* hear Rocco in the background) on YT, but it's so steamy you can't quite see water till Giant actually starts, and it's difficult to appreciate the height. Sorry, getting greedy in my old age; I was so sure we'd get a Giant in August or September (or, you know, Giantess...) 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