| Comments: | 1212 River on, 1220 River off (River pause). Main Vent heavy steam, then 1226 first splash, 1230 huge, loud splash. 1233 Bottom Vent (d=1m30s), 1233 Lower Mortar minor (d=15s). 1239 Bottom Vent splashing, 1240 River on (pause d=20m), 1248 River off (second River pause). 1252 strong Main Vent splashing resumed. 1252 Bottom Vent (d=4m), 1301 Bottom Vent (d=2m05s), 1301 Lower Mortar minor (d=2m35s). 1310 Main Vent splashing transitioned from larger angled splashing to lower vertical splashing but continued through the final LMM. 1324 Bottom Vent (d=2m05s), 1324 Lower Mortar minor (d=2m27s). 1335 River and Gold on (pause d=47m), initial water levels strong but got weaker 5 minutes into the cycle. Angle start time not noted, 1347 UMPH, 1349 Upper Mortar first water, continued surging about once a minute, peaking at 1352 and then dropping and building again until eruption start at 1400. Thank you Paul for the wonderful detail in your notes. |