Observations for 2024 September 02


Once again out at dawn in case Grand ignored the Rift eruption and had another shorter interval. There were three bison grazing on both sides of the bike trail just across from the store as I rode out. It was warm enough that there wasn't any ice on the walkways, and the sky had cleared enough that the sunrise wasn't brownish-orange. Didn't have to wait long for the Grand erupion. While the first burst was moderatly long, the second wasn't totally unexpected.

2024-Sep-02:07:39:11 T2Q

 07:38:57	Turban	-0m14s
 07:39:11	B1	--- d=08m55s
 07:41:51	Vent	2m39s
 07:48:07	P1	8m55s d=39s
 07:48:46	B2	9m35s d=32s
 07:49:19	P2	10m08s
 07:50:07	V&T Quit	10m55s

				     ΣB=09m28s	ΣD=10m08s
	* * * * *
 06:24:15ie			d≥02m06s 	
 06:42:53	Int: 18m38s	d=04m00s 
 07:02:46	Int: 19m52s	d=03m51s 
 07:20:20	Int: 17m34s	d=03m41s 
		     Turban: 18m36s

Spent the rest of the morning at Artemisia, which showed no signs of trying to erupt.

The afternoon Grand also had a short wait. Despite the One Burst Grand lasting over ten minutes, the pool refilled enough to be seen sloshing about for about fifteen seconds before finally draining.

2024-Sep-02:14:08:42 G1Q

 14:08:42	B1	--- d=10m39s
 14:08:43	Vent Ovfl	0m01s
 14:09:00	Turban	0m17s
 14:11:49	Vent	3m06s
 14:19:21	P1	10m39s
 14:20:28	V&T Quit	11m46s

				     	ΣD=10m39s
	* * * * *
 13:29:03			d=04m13s 	
 13:49:18	Int: 20m15s	d=04m01s 
		      Grand: 19m23s

It was not quite dark when I pulled up to the bike rack and Castle started to erupt. Unfortunately, it was a six minute minor.

So went over to Grand where I noticed that West Triplet had a wet runoff channel. Then waited one Turban interval for the Grand eruption. Turban started the eruption, but with the bright lights deployed, we could easily see the strong waves and boops. It had two bursts, and lasted just under ten minutes, with no attempt at a third burst. It's interesting how these short two burst eruptions cause Vent & Turban to quit.

2024-Sep-02:20:47:06 T2Q

 20:46:19	Turban	-0m47s
 20:47:01	Boop	-0m05s
 20:47:06	B1	--- d=08m19s
 20:49:40	Vent	2m34s
 20:55:25	P1	8m19s d=43s
 20:56:08	B2	9m02s d=56s
 20:57:04	P2	9m58s
 20:58:04	V&T Quit	10m58s

				     ΣB=09m15s	ΣD=09m58s
	* * * * *
 20:27:15			d=04m27s 	
		     Turban: 19m04s