I was surprised to see that Suzanne was still out in the Cage at 03:30. It seems that after I left, nothing much happened. The last Bijou pause was short and weak around 01:30, and after that, only one Mastiff surge. So I headed back out with extra layers and batteries and arrived at around 04:00. It was cold and damp, but there was no wind and the rains had ended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For the next two hours, nothing happened. There was no moon, so dark, but I can usually tell when a Mastiff surge starts. Also, after most events, Bijou will have a period of steamy roaring, and we never heard any of that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At 06:14, we finally got a Mastiff surge. At 06:40, Bijou finally paused, one lasting only 1m46s and we couldn't see any water in Mastiff. Less than an hour later we got a much better pause. This time Bijou was quiet for 3m40s, and the Southwest Vents erupted enough to refresh the puddles around the vents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Events started happening more frequently, with another 100 second pause an hour later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I left before the next opportunity for an event to go to Grand. I arrived with West Triplet in eruption, and twenty minutes later there was a short Rift eruption lasting just over 1\/2 hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I thought that would be a good sign, that the group could recover quickly. Instead, over the next 2-1\/2 hours and next nine Turban eruptions, there was no sign of an attempt at Grand erupting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The there was a nice fill, with waves and even bubbling in Vent. Then Grand dropped giving us a Vent Delay. Two Turban eruptions later, Grand attempted to have a normal Turban Delay, but came up short, but it seemed that the system there was going to treat it as a Delay. The One Burst Grand eruption finally took place three Turban eruption intervals later , right after West Triplet started to erupt, for a 11-1\/2 hour Grand interval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2026-Sep-20 : 14:53:20 V5\/T1C\n\n 14:52:55\tVent Ovfl\t-0m25s\n 14:53:00\tTurban\t-0m19s\n 14:53:13\tBoop\t-0m06s\n 14:53:20\tB1\t--- d=10m00s\n 14:55:49\tVent\t2m29s\n 15:03:21\tP1\t10m00s\nVent & Turban continue\n\n\t\t\t\t \t\u03a3D=10m00s\n\t* * * * *\n 10:01:01ie\tWest Triplet\n 10:08:32\t\t\td=03m47s\t\n 10:20:05\tRift\n 10:27:48\tInt: 19m16s\td=03m50s\t\n 10:45:28\tInt: 17m40s\td=03m38s\t\n 11:04:27\tInt: 18m59s\td=03m34s\t\n 11:21:32\tInt: 17m05s\td=03m35s\t\n 11:38:58\tInt: 17m26s\td=03m21s\t\n 11:55:49\tInt: 16m51s\td=03m43s\t\n 12:14:06\tInt: 18m17s\td=03m21s\t\n 12:30:06\tInt: 16m00s\td=03m23s\t\n 12:47:42\tInt: 17m36s\td=03m12s\t\n 13:06:24\tInt: 18m42s\td=03m40s\t\n 13:22:57\tInt: 16m33s\td=03m06s V0 Vent ovfl: 13:23:30\t\n 13:39:27\tInt: 16m30s\td=03m00s V1\t\n 14:02:58\tInt: 23m31s\td=04m02s V2\t\n 14:19:20\tInt: 16m21s\td=03m49s V3\n 14:36:19\tWest Triplet\n 14:36:55\tInt: 17m34s\td=03m52s V4\n\t\t Turban: 16m05s<\/pre>\n\n\n\nBack in the Cage, the events were fairly frequent, about every 75 minutes. There was a sameness to them, but with variations. The shortest was 2m45s, with the longest just over four minutes. Something the Southwest vents would behave as if they were about to start, other times there was only a spit or two. By the evening, Bijou was pausing before Mastiff started surging, and something Mastiff would retreat slightly before reaching a higher water level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By dark, I decided to give up and get a good night's rest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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