Observations for 2024 September 04


It appears that overnight there was at least one long Grand eruption interval, since it was a double interval of sixteen hours. Otherwise the One Burst Grand was the common variety where it lasts less than 10-1/2 minutes. Vent & Turban seemed like they tried to quit, but then the activity picked up considerably, with Vent roaring as if something else could happen.

2024-Sep-04:11:03:11 T1C

 11:03:03	Vent Ovfl	-0m08s
 11:03:06	Boop	-0m05s
 11:03:10	Turban	-0m01s
 11:03:11	B1	--- d=10m17s
 11:06:03	Vent	2m52s
 11:13:28	P1	10m17s
Vent & Turban continue

				     	ΣD=10m17s
	* * * * *
 10:05:09			d=04m26s 	
 10:23:17	Int: 18m08s	d=04m02s 	
 10:43:31	Int: 20m14s	d=04m17s 	
		     Turban: 19m39s

Spent some time in the Sawmill Group recording videos and doing some field testing. Nothing much interesting happened.

Sawmill Group 3_2024-Sep-04_1159
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2024-Sep-04
11:59:40   Quiet, near ovfl                          Sawmill
12:06:53ie >>>Eruption                                 Daisy
12:16:15   Peak, dropping                            Sawmill
12:16:49   Quiet, dropping                         Spasmodic
12:18:10   Splashes                                   Bulger
12:27:17   Water not visible                         Sawmill
12:37:52   >>>Eruption : d=41s,min                    Bulger
12:52:40   >>>Eruption : min                          Bulger
12:54:44   End Observations                      Other Event

In the evening there was another long series of Turban eruptions without there being a Turban Delay interval. During that time we saw a couple of Daisy eruptions and a nice tall and wide Oblong eruption. Two Turban intervals before the Grand eruption, we had what appeared to be an attempt at an eruption. That eruption was also short and weak. The next Turban interval after that was one where Grand had little to no overflow.

The Grand eruption started at about the last possible moment. It was two bursts, with the second burst starting with Grand's pool in the shadows. A faint rainbow was visible near the top of the water column, which shows how low the sun was. That burst also lasted almost 2-1/2 minutes, with much of that time taken up with Big Sawmill mode.

2024-Sep-04:19:16:01 T2*Q

 19:15:31	Vent Ovfl	-0m30s
 19:15:35	Turban	-0m26s
 19:15:54	Boop	-0m07s
 19:16:01	B1	--- d=08m12s
 19:18:31	Vent	2m29s
 19:24:14	P1	8m12s d=37s
 19:24:52	B2	8m50s d=02m24s
 19:27:17	P2	11m15s
 19:28:12	V&T Quit	12m10s

				     ΣB=10m37s	ΣD=11m15s
	* * * * *
 16:12:24			d=03m23s 	
 16:29:42	Int: 17m18s	d=04m11s 	
 16:49:41	Int: 19m59s	d=04m22s 	
 17:09:49	Int: 20m08s	d=04m06s 	
 17:28:50	Int: 19m01s	d=04m11s 	
 17:47:29	Int: 18m39s	d=03m57s 	
 18:06:59	Int: 19m30s	d=03m52s 	
 18:25:21	Int: 18m22s	d=04m09s 
 18:42:44	Int: 17m22s	d=03m16s 
 18:58:05	Int: 15m20s	d=02m58s 
		     Turban: 17m30s