Observations for 2021 August 09


Had a long wait for Grand that did not have a Turban Interval Delay. The day was cool, and got windy. Just a series of fairly ordinary Turban eruptions. During the latter part of the wait, Sput D was active. The Grand eruption did have two bursts, although Vent & Turban quit despite the whole eruption duration only being just over ten minutes. Right afterwards, West Triplet started.

While waiting, we did get to witness a coyote harvest a marmot. It came out of the trees at the top of the hill and grabbed one from the rocks up there. The coyote (or another one) hung around for a while, but no other successes.

Most of the rest of the day was spent seeing a Beehive in the wind, and spending some time at Fan & Mortar. The activity there had settled back into Angle mode for the duration. Did go and check on East Sentinel. No signs of any eruptions, but the boiling and surging seemed to be even stronger than during the last visit a few days ago.

Came out to Grand with Rift in eruption. Percolator was active when I arrived, but within a minute or two had quit and was not seen again, During that time, Sput D was active, intermittently. After about an hour, Rift quit, before Grand for once. About a half hour later, we got the One Burst Grand eruption. Ten and a half minutes, and Vent & Turban quit again this time.