Out to Grand on a foggy, damp morning. Only waited one Turban eruption interval, which turned into a Turban Delay eruption interval of 33-1/2 minutes. Because of the fog, it was hard to tell what the pool was doing after Turban started erupting. But a minute in, Turban was still powerful and vigorous, and the steam over Grand's pool seemed to have increased. So I wasn't surprised when after 1-1/2 minutes of Turban erupting, Grand started also. This was another long One Burst Grand eruption lasting almost 11-1/2 minutes.
2023-Aug-24:08:22:35 D0/T1Q 08:21:06 Turban -1m29s 08:22:35 Grand B1 --- d=11m29s 08:24:48 Vent 2m13s 08:34:04 P1 11m29s 08:34:59 V&T Quit 12m24s ΣD=11m29s * * * * * 07:47:37 d=4m26s Turban: 33m29s
With Little Squirt active yesterday, and nothing much else going on, decided to spend time on Geyser Hill over by Aurum. The vents were splashing around, but I don't know enough about it to know if we were close to an eruption. In any case, about a half hour later we got the call for Beehive's Indicator. I arrived at the benches just in time for Beehive to have a huge surge and being erupting. After the Beehive eruption, Lion had the second eruption of its series.
The midday Grand eruption was similar to this mornings, where once again Grand erupted after over 31 minutes of a Turban Delay interval. This time Grand started the eruption with an explosive burst as high as the trees, as seen from the benches. And once again, it was a long One Burst Eruption.
2023-Aug-24:14:46:47 D0/G1Q 14:46:47 Grand B1 --- d=11m04s 14:47:43 Turban 0m56s 14:48:52 Vent Ovfl 2m05s 14:50:16 Vent 3m29s 14:57:51 P1 11m04s 14:58:46 V&T Quit 11m59s ΣD=11m04s * * * * * 13:55:41 d=4m11s 14:15:45 Int: 20m04s d=4m38s Grand: 31m02s
Went out early for the next Grand, because it was the first nice sunset, with no wind or clouds, in quite a while. Ended up seeing another Turban Delay interval, this time at the 5-1/2 hour mark. But the One Burst Grand occurred only three Turban eruption intervals later, so the Grand interval was just over 6-1/2 hours. By then it was dark. Only four geyser gazers were there for the start, but the quarter moon gave plenty of light so no flashlights were used.
2023-Aug-24:21:25:44 D3/G1C 21:25:44 Grand B1 --- d=10m33s 21:36:17 P1 10m33s Vent & Turban continue ΣD=10m33s * * * * * 19:55:23 20:28:21 Int: 32m58s d=5m28s D0 20:46:57 Int: 18m36s d=4m48s D1 21:05:27 Int: 18m30s d=4m01s D2 Grand: 20m17s
The last several minutes of the eruption were Big Sawmill mode, and just as Grand ended, Castle started. The minor eruption was over by the time I was packed up and walked over there. Not unexpected, as there have been several major Castle eruptions in a row.