I want to get a video of Tilt from the start, as part of my project to document all sorts of features. The best way to get a full eruption of any geyser is to start recording well before there's any indication of an eruption. So I spent an hour out there, with nothing happening. Finally Tilt starts to steam heavily and splashing begins. And that's when the battery finally runs out. I had checked just a minute or so before, and it still read 10%, so that last tenth goes quickly. Noted for the future. And I still need a full Tilt eruption.
After that fiasco, it was time to head to Grand. Not sure if Rift erupted overnight. It was two hours of non-descript Turban eruptions, again. Grand then finally looked good around the 20 minute mark, and kept on slowly filling and started to have waves. This process was so slow that Grand ended up having a Turban Delay for the One Burst Eruption. It lasted just under ten minutes, just before the end West Triplet began erupting.
2025-Sep-01 : 12:34:36 D0/G1C 12:34:32 Vent Ovfl -0m04s 12:34:36 B1 --- d=09m49s 12:34:39 Turban 0m03s 12:37:01 Vent 2m25s 12:44:25 P1 9m49s Vent & Turban continue ΣD=09m49s * * * * * 10:35:39 10:51:59 Int: 16m20s d=03m31s 11:10:36 Int: 18m37s d=03m59s 11:29:11 Int: 18m35s d=03m55s 11:48:13 Int: 19m02s d=03m57s 12:05:48 Int: 17m35s d=03m24s 12:43:06 West Triplet d=36m03s Grand: 28m48s
Beehive's Indicator was called just as Grand started. The bench behind me, which had been full, was empty by the time Vent started.
After Grand I stuck around to get the duration on West Triplet, to see if Rift would start, and also to observe if there was afterplay. There wasn't any afterplay other than a few weak splashes just about the time West Triplet ended, a half hour later. Rift did not erupt.
Back out at sunset for another West Triplet eruption. And once again, no Rift eruption. I thought that would be a good sign, but instead ended up waiting almost three hours before getting the One Burst Grand eruption. And West Triplet was not erupting when finally left the area.
2025-Sep-01 : 22:28:39 T1C 22:28:28 Turban -0m11s 22:28:39 B1 --- d=09m35s 22:31:20 Vent 2m41s 22:38:14 P1 9m35s Vent & Turban continue ΣD=09m35s * * * * * 19:39:16ie West Triplet d>=19m09s 19:48:14 d=03m51s 20:04:56 Int: 16m42s d=03m29s 20:23:29 Int: 18m33s d=03m55s 20:43:41 Int: 20m12s d=03m51s 21:01:53 Int: 18m12s d=03m46s 21:20:11 Int: 18m18s d=03m38s 21:38:50 Int: 18m39s d=03m16s 21:55:24 Int: 16m34s d=03m07s 22:12:02 Int: 16m38s d=03m18s Turban: 16m26s
During the wait Castle had another minor eruption.
So this afternoon, shortly after Rift failed to give me its blessing, as I'm leaving the area, I notice a host of GeyserTimes note entries for several features in the Sawmill group, each with cutesy commentary. The last one for Spasmodic is one word: "Chunked".
I have no idea what this is supposed to mean, and I've been observing the Sawmill Group for decades. So I post a flag on the entry, "what does "chunk" signify?" Is it supposed to be a noun, verb, adjective, or some other meaning?
The poster, "Craigmon99", instead of clarifying the observation, amends the comment to say, "Chunk! The feature that is known as Chunk near Spasmodic was overflowing HKoenig… are you familiar? :)"
It seems "Chunk" is what was years ago called Spasmodic's Triangle Vent. For years it had a small rock wedged into it, and no attempt was made at removal because the most likely outcome would have pushed it deeper. It disappeared one year. It was also one of the vents that was vandalized when someone went around dumping purple dye into some features in May 2020.
In any case, the owners of GeyserTimes don't like "interpersonal drama", so this insult has been swept into the Memory Hole. I want to preserve it here. And it was an insult, as too many newcomers are treating GeyserTimes as their personal High School Cafeteria where Kool Kidz hang out and insult the nerds and geeks.
Related, I've also learned recently that for a number of years all the Grand observations: codes, durations and comments, etc., have been deleted in favor of electronic download records. I checked, and that's the case from 1999 through 2001.