It was a quiet morning, with nothing much going on. Did go down basin to record an eruption of Daisy. Was calm but smoky and Daisy appeared completely normal.
Went out to Grand just in time to catch the Turban delay interval. The next Turban eruption had no overflow from Grand. Four more, and we finally got heavy runoff.
We also got a second burst. As with the other two burst eruptions the last few days, there was almost a minute's worth of sloshing around. Following the second, no attempt at filling for a third, and Vent & Turban even continued to erupt.
2025-Aug-26 : 12:19:09 D5/T2C 12:18:03 Turban -1m06s 12:18:30 Vent Ovfl -0m39s 12:19:08 Boop -0m01s 12:19:09 B1 --- d=08m13s 12:21:40 Vent 2m31s 12:27:22 P1 8m13s d=54s 12:28:16 B2 9m07s d=39s 12:28:55 P2 9m46s Vent & Turban continue ΣB=08m52s ΣD=09m46s * * * * * 10:48:36 d=04m34s D0 11:05:43 Int: 17m07s d=03m54s D1 11:23:48 Int: 18m05s d=03m45s D2 11:42:49 Int: 19m01s d=03m45s D3 12:01:14 Int: 18m25s d=03m35s D4 Turban: 16m49s
That was when Castle also started to erupt. Because of the walkway closure north of Grand, the crowd at Grand all got funneled right into the crowd waiting for Castle, so the walkway was packed. Except the stretch of boardwalk getting wet from Castle's spray. This was another major eruption in a row by Castle.
Another Grand first overflow took place at around the expected time, but once again, it was also during a long Turban Delay eruption interval. Seems to be a pattern here.
With the shorter first overflow, got out to Grand around the seven hour mark. A Turban eruption Interval later West Triplet started. Based on the intervals, expected to see Rift about a half hour later, but West Triplet ended after about 35 minutes. It was only a couple of Turban eruption intervals after that before Grand erupted.
Once again, Turban had a short interval, less than 14-1/2 minutes. Then Grand took well over a minute to start erupting. This time the pause between bursts was quick, despite the first burst erupting long enough to be the only burst.
2025-Aug-26 : 21:07:13 T2Q 21:06:01 Turban -1m12s 21:07:13 B1 --- d=09m27s 21:09:20 Vent 2m07s 21:16:40 P1 9m27s d=26s 21:17:06 B2 9m53s d=28s 21:17:34 P2 10m21s 21:18:23 V&T Quit 11m10s ΣB=09m55s ΣD=10m21s * * * * * 16:17:13 d=04m00s 16:34:42 Int: 17m29s d=03m38s 16:39:54 West Triplet d=35m01s 16:44:05 Grand 1st ovfl 4h25m 17:08:25 Int: 33m43s d=04m14s D0 * * * * * 19:38:46 d=04m06s 19:56:05 Int: 17m19s d=04m09s 19:58:17 West Triplet d=35m43s 20:15:57 Int: 19m52s d=03m33s 20:33:52 West Triplet end 20:34:14 Int: 18m17s d=03m22s 20:51:37 Int: 17m23s d=03m34s Turban: 14m24s
Five minutes into the eruption, Beehive's Indicator started, so of course a number of people had to scurry off to Geyser Hill in a panic despite most indicators lasting long enough to catch the end of Grand and still make over there. Really too bad this wasn't a three burst eruption.