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Observations for 2026 June 03


The day started with a radio call for Beehive's Indicator. Unlike yesterday, this was at the start, not when it had been erupting for ten minutes.

The sun was coming over the ridge, so the top of Beehive's water column was in the sun, while the bottom quarter was still in the shadow. This mean we got a strong double rainbow at the top of the water column, and the shadow of the water column being projected over the meadow across the river.

Overnight, Grand had a long interval, so there was plenty of time before heading out. This was a clear but windy day. About an hour after I got out there, Turban had its Delay Interval eruption. That was followed by seven more Turban intervals before we got what looked like it would be another Delay. Instead of sitting full for ten minutes, the waves on Grand built up and we got a long One Burst Eruption. At the end, despite the length, there was water sloshing about in Grand's vent for over a minute. then we finally got our West Triplet eruption.

2026-Jun-03 : 13:19:31 D7/G1Q

 13:19:28	Boop	-0m03s
 13:19:31	B1	--- d=10m30s
 13:19:34	Vent Ovfl	0m03s
 13:19:56	Turban	0m25s
 13:22:11	Vent	2m40s
 13:30:01	P1	10m30s
 13:31:11	Drain	11m40s
 13:31:26	V&T Quit	11m55s

				     	ΣD=10m30s
	* * * * *
 10:10:49			d=04m54s 	
 10:28:32	Int: 17m43s	d=03m45s 	
 11:03:46	Int: 35m14s	d=05m08s  D0	
 11:21:26	Int: 17m40s	d=03m43s  D1	
 11:40:55	Int: 19m29s	d=03m56s  D2	
 11:59:32	Int: 18m37s	d=03m29s  D3	
 12:19:17	Int: 19m45s	d=03m54s  D4	
 12:38:32	Int: 19m15s	d=03m05s  D5	
 12:56:26	Int: 17m54s	d=03m31s  D6	
 13:38:18	West Triplet
		      Grand: 23m05s

Spent the afternoon bug fixing my GeyserLog app, and was surprised to see that I'd lost track of the time and it was already 5-1/2 hours since that Grand eruption. Expected that the eruption would be well after sunset, so dressed appropriately.

Got out in time to see the start of West Triplet. When Grand didn't follow up with an eruption on the next couple of Turban eruption opportunities, that insured a post-sunset eruption. Fortunately, Rift stayed quiet when West Triplet finally ended. It was such a nice night that I had to apply bug repellent as the mosquitoes were active.

While West Triplet was erupting, Sput C-1 was also active. It could be easily heard from the boardwalk as it splashed and pushed out a steady stream of water.

It was still light enough to see Grand's pool having a late fill, and to see the start of another One Burst Eruption. There wasn't any wind, so there was also a nice base surge rolling across the formations and putting up a wall of obscuring steam.

2026-Jun-03 : 21:24:04 T1Q

 21:23:59	Vent Ovfl	-0m05s
 21:24:00	Boop	-0m04s
 21:24:02	Turban	-0m02s
 21:24:04	B1	--- d=10m03s
 21:27:07	Vent	3m03s
 21:34:07	P1	10m03s
 21:36:10	V&T Quit	12m06s

				     	ΣD=10m03s
	* * * * *
 19:25:06	West Triplet d=41m28s 
 19:31:47			d=05m41s 	
 19:49:52	Int: 18m05s	d=04m08s 	
 20:08:25	Int: 18m33s	d=03m17s 	
 20:29:17	Int: 20m52s	d=04m05s 	
 20:48:45	Int: 19m28s	d=03m46s 	
 21:05:54	Int: 17m09s	d=03m32s 	
		     Turban: 18m08s