<!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 11.00.9600.17280"></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 rightMargin=7 topMargin=7><FONT id=role_document color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial> <DIV>Hello. I will try to post photos of the Opal Pool eruptions in a day or two. I observed multiple eruptions today, the first time to see Opal erupting after more than 30 years in Yellowstone.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Two notes regarding the eruptions:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>1. Very muddy color, grey/ dark color. Multiple eruptions in a few minutes up to 30 feet. The deposits on the boardwalk were white.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>2. I have smelled many pools in Yellowstone but I have never smelled such an odd scent that Opal was putting out today- not sinter, not calcium or silica, nothing like smells in other thermal areas.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Steve Braun</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 color=#ff0000 size=2 face=Arial FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"><B>Celebrating 21 years of service to 42,000 guests from around the world!</FONT><FONT lang=0 color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"></B><BR><BR>Facebook.com/adventureyellowstone<BR>Adventure Yellowstone, Inc.<BR>PO Box 746<BR>Bozeman, MT 59771 USA <A href="http://www.national-park-tours.com/">www.national-park-tours.com</A><BR>Tel/Fax: 406-585-9041 <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 9/23/2014 6:00:38 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, stjohn.2@osu.edu writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; COLOR: #000000; DIRECTION: ltr">For folks who haven't noticed it today - Opal Pool in the Excelsior Group is having eruptions (see geysertimes.org for details). <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>If anyone has been lucky enough to get photos and/or video clips, could they be posted somewhere & the rest of us notified where to go see?  I'm dying of curiosity!</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>James St. John</DIV> <DIV>(Geology, Ohio State University at Newark)</DIV> <DIV>(stjohn.2@osu.edu)</DIV> <DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></DIV><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Geysers mailing list<BR>Geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu<BR>https://lists.wallawalla.edu/mailman/listinfo/geysers</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>