Observations for 2021 August 05


The call for Beehive's Indicator interrupted breakfast, but was worth it. The sun was low enough over the ridge that we got rainbows from the water column and the shower downwind to the north.

Over at Grand, there was some confusion over when the overnight eruption was recorded by the monitor, but that got straightened out before the Turban Delay occurred. This time we only had to wait for three more Turban intervals (an hour) before we got the One Burst Grand eruption.

It was at that point, approaching noon, that we got a call about possible event at Fan & Mortar. I grabbed Daisy eruption time while heading down for what turned out to be nothing much. Which pretty much describes the rest of the day. I did check out East Sentinel, which was a bit more active than yesterday.

Finally went over to Grand for the next eruption window. Got there with Percolator in eruption. A few minutes later, Sput D erupted for a couple of minutes. Every ten minutes or so, it erupted again. Percolator never stopped,. This is the first time I've seen them active independent of West Triplet. So it was no surprise that about 50 minutes later West Triplet started.

It was then that there was another call from Fan & Mortar. And this time, it actually sounded like there was something that could build into an eruption. So abandoned Grand. Over at the bike rack at Castle, I noted that Rift was now in eruption, which helps explain the prior activity over there. And of course, just as I left Castle, Grand started. It was another One Burst Eruption, so it wasn't so bad.

The event at Fan & Mortar turned into another dud, although for the first time in several days, we saw part of the Bottom Vent runoff channel wet. Headed in for dinner and to avoid the incoming rain.