| Note ID | Start Time (US/Mountain) | End Time (US/Mountain) | Entrant | Note |
| 12099 |
03 Jul 2019 @ 1040 |
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cb |
has not changed. water level is at the rim with sporadic bubbles from the center that break the surface. Back runoff channel is dry. |
| 12084 |
02 Jul 2019 @ 1858 |
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nails |
Down an inch or so and not overflowing. Greenish color and occasional bubbles. |
| 12025 |
29 Jun 2019 @ 0845 |
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cb |
pool is high and in slight overflow off of the backside (SW). Tis green in color with bubbles near the center. |
| 11853 |
17 Jun 2019 @ 0845 |
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udo |
Water level about 6-8" below rim. Much less steam (cooler) than nearby features. |
| 11822 |
16 Jun 2019 @ 0853 |
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cb |
water level is 8" below the rim and is a stagnant greenish color. |
| 11753 |
12 Jun 2019 @ 0947 |
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MAB |
greenish water just visible - about 15 in doen |
| 11616 |
07 Jun 2019 @ 0911 |
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CrisG |
Crater remains empty. Light whispy steam on this cold morning. |
| 11419 |
29 May 2019 @ 0926 |
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cb |
Water is visable! 6" below the rim. water is greenish color |
| 11370 |
26 May 2019 @ 1030 |
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TheHikingDude |
Still empty at 10:30 |
| 11352 |
26 May 2019 @ 0601 |
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ypcaribou |
No water visible in crater |
| 11349 |
25 May 2019 @ 0749 |
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TSBryan |
water not visible from boardwalk |
| 11315 |
22 May 2019 @ 0650 |
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Kyle |
water barely visible in crater, approx. 1 ft down. only the slightest of steam. water is a brownish color and calm |
| 11322 |
21 May 2019 @ 0925 |
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Kyle |
no water visible. no real steam |
| 11282 |
20 May 2019 @ 0835 |
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Kyle |
no water visible. no steam on a snowy steamy morning |
| 11120 |
01 May 2019 @ 1132 |
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cb |
no water visible in pool. down at least a foot. Second Erupter calm, steamy. |
| 11109 |
27 Apr 2019 @ 0731 |
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ypcaribou |
Pool was full to rim |
| 11086 |
26 Apr 2019 @ 1248 |
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cb |
pool is high and just a hair below the scalloped ridges. A few bubbles in the center of the pool. Second Erupter is quiet with a full pool. |
| 11057 |
23 Apr 2019 @ 1110 |
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MAB |
Full to the thin sinter ledges on edges. Unable to discern color in the flat light |
| 11052 |
22 Apr 2019 @ 0000 |
23 Apr 2019 @ 0500 |
JarnoO |
Trace gradually rose between these times from ~40°C to a near-stable ~77°C. From ~1330-onwards the temperature barely fluctuated: lowest ~75½°C @ ~1545, highest ~78½°C @ ~0455. |
| 10994 |
19 Apr 2019 @ 0950 |
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RMichaels |
No water visible in crater. |
| 10981 |
14 Apr 2019 @ 0500 |
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JarnoO |
No drop in temperature per the logger. Between 40°C and 50°C during the night. |
| 10978 |
12 Apr 2019 @ 2230 |
13 Apr 2019 @ 0745 |
JarnoO |
3rd day of temperature dropping to near-ambient at night. Onset ~2230, from ~37°C to - ~10°C in a ~quarter. At ~45°C around 0745, needing what seems to be more than an hour to get to there from near-ambient. Would almost think Porkchop has developed a diurnal nature, though this would need in-basin confirmation I'd imagine. |
| 10977 |
11 Apr 2019 @ 2115 |
12 Apr 2019 @ 0800 |
JarnoO |
Logger trace began dropping @ ~2115 from ~32°C to ~ -10°C (~ambient temperature per Nuphar Lake Logger) over a span of what seems to be less than ~15 minutes. Still near-ambient @ ~0500 (logger trace end). At ~57°C around 0800. Took more than what seems to be two hours to get there from near-ambient. |
| 10975 |
10 Apr 2019 @ 2045 |
11 Apr 2019 @ 0200 |
JarnoO |
During this time the logger measured air temperature rather than Porkchop's. Drop of about 15 minutes beginning @ ~2045 from ~32°C to near-ambient of ~—10°C (per Nuphar Lake logger) followed by 45-60-minute increase beginning @ ~0200 from ~—10°C to ~30°C around 0200. |
| 10724 |
04 Nov 2018 @ 1145 |
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MAB |
Overflowing out the south side, not even hard to see as it cut a path through the snow! Pooling and cooling near the boardwalk in the trees, and not reaching farther north. |
| 10677 |
28 Oct 2018 @ 1511 |
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MAB |
Porkchop still overflowing to the south, but not as heavily as last week. The west side still pools by the boardwalk in the trees but doesn't continue northerly to the Second Erupter channel. The east side still drains down into the Gray Lakes channel of Tantalus. On my first visit in the morning I didn't see steam in that channel, but later in the day could see water. |
| 10658 |
22 Oct 2018 @ 1400 |
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MAB |
Full, overflowing to the south. Runoff goes two directions, one leg east towards the Gray Lakes branch of Tantalus, the other leg flows west to puddle near the boardwalk in the trees, then curves north to join Second Erupter's runoff channel near the boardwalk crossing. |
| 10448 |
25 Sep 2018 @ 1737 |
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cb |
water level is high. up to the rim |
| 10182 |
13 Sep 2018 @ 1300 |
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cb |
down about 1" from rim |
| 9935 |
29 Aug 2018 @ 1850 |
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cb |
About 2" below the rim. calm, no boil. Second Erupter has water sloshing around the rim and splashing 6" above the rim |
| 9903 |
28 Aug 2018 @ 1010 |
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cb |
down about 3" from the rim. floating bubbles. no boil |
| 9871 |
25 Aug 2018 @ 0930 |
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cb |
still down about 6", calm, greenish color with a few small bubbles floating on the top |
| 9831 |
22 Aug 2018 @ 1813 |
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cb |
Down 10" from the rim. slight occasional single bubble in the center. Water in the feature at the base has visible water spray to 4" above the crater. |
| 9757 |
17 Aug 2018 @ 1812 |
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MAB |
Water level still down several inches; water remains weird green color. No boiling seen; numerous floating bubbles on the surface. |
| 9612 |
10 Aug 2018 @ 1410 |
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MAB |
My eyes, brain and memory said 2-4" below the sinter rim, but photos show more like 6" down. Water is Greenish in color. |
| 9520 |
07 Aug 2018 @ 1153 |
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bbev |
3-4" below overflow. |
| 9436 |
03 Aug 2018 @ 1106 |
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cb |
2" below rim. color is a greenish blue. slight bubble. Feature below and in front of porkchop is active and erupting 2 - 3" continually. |
| 9171 |
12 Jul 2018 @ 2130 |
13 Jul 2018 @ 0500 |
JarnoO |
Temperature rose ~6°C in approximately this time span - from ~75.5°C to ~81.5°C. Start of a new cycle? |
| 9132 |
11 Jul 2018 @ 0950 |
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Tara |
Water level down about 3" from rim. Vent to NW down and gurgling. |
| 9076 |
09 Jul 2018 @ 0820 |
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Polly |
Norris cycle appears to have shortened to 5 days. (See the low points on the Porkchop graph June 28, July 3, and possibly July 8.) |
| 8960 |
30 Jun 2018 @ 1020 |
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MAB |
Still down. Could my my imagination but possibly lower than my last viewing... about 8" |
| 8849 |
22 Jun 2018 @ 1050 |
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MAB |
Water level still down about 6" |
| 8880 |
21 Jun 2018 @ 0945 |
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Polly |
Porkchop's pool is down 2 or 3 inches. It is bubbling and is a beautiful bluish color. |
| 8798 |
19 Jun 2018 @ 1845 |
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cb |
water level has dropped a few inches and it has a noticeable boil in the center. The pool in front was very steamy |
| 8752 |
18 Jun 2018 @ 0700 |
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Polly |
A note from Bob about reading the Porkchop graph: Need to read the logger considering ambient temperatures (daily high & low air temperatures) and precipitation. Not an exact science. Main thing is a low drop not weather related followed over the next 12 to 24 hours by a rise not weather related. Steamboat “pause” (drop) typically 2 days later followed by recovery to a peak 1 to 2 days later followed by a slow taper to next “pause”. |
| 7950 |
18 Feb 2018 @ 0001 |
04 Mar 2018 @ 1717 |
Polly |
This note is from my brother, Bob Partner, and gives additional information regarding DGInc's Echinus notes on 2/19 & 3/3. The temperature graph at Pork Chop somewhat mimics the Steamboat temps (& the Steamboat graph has been down except for now showing data Feb 28-Mar 3). -Polly. “Event” at Norris late on 2/17 – early 2/18. Anomaly in Constant Geyser (very low spike in temp rather than normal larger spike), and big drop in temp at Porkchop, followed shortly after by frequent minors at Echinus. Drop in temp and steady increase in flow from Tantalus Creek (need to go to the “stream flow data” page). Has some of the look of another disturbance, but…... Interesting that there is a temperature recovery on Tantalus early on the 18th while water flow continued to increase – got unusually high. Storm hit about that time, but precipitation totals (less than 0.1 inch per hour, so only light precipitation) would not account for the large increase in water volume or initial drop in temp, and air temps at the time did not fluctuate a lot, so temp drop would not relate to the storm either. Definitely some kind of “event” in the basin with all the changes occurring about the same time frame. |
| 7797 |
29 Oct 2017 @ 2359 |
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JarnoO |
It appears as if Porkchop's water level is recovering. Hit ±11°C (±52°F) on 14th of October, shortly after that a sharp increase to more than ±35°C (±95°F). Temperature still variable, sometimes increasing and sometimes dropping below ±30°C (±86°F). |
| 7687 |
03 Oct 2017 @ 2359 |
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JarnoO |
Temperature made a remarkable drop from ±47°C (±117°F) to ±24°C (±75°F) between Sep. 4 and Oct. 4. This has likely nothing to do with the changing weather, as the start of the drop was a couple of days before the Nuphar Lake logger began logging lower temperatures. |
| 4046 |
05 May 2017 @ 1040 |
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sfavor |
pool full |
| 3011 |
08 Jun 2016 @ 1712 |
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MAB |
Full again, as seen on the yvo monitor, but I wanted to confirm it visually.
Second Erupter was IE but not producing any runoff |
| 2973 |
05 Jun 2016 @ 1100 |
05 Jun 2016 @ 1730 |
MAB |
Water level is still nearly out of sight. It could be coming up, or maybe I was viewing it in a better spot |
| 2941 |
01 Jun 2016 @ 1249 |
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MAB |
Empty as far as you can see into it. There is water in Second Erupter, slight pulsing but not overflowing down the channel |
| 7647 |
01 Jan 1990 @ 1800 |
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research-mab |
1-01-90 Porkchop Geyser No overflow,water very opalescent, intermittent boiling up to 1m. Pool to north discharging an estimated 70-80 gpm – also slightly opalescent |
| 4701 |
22 Oct 1989 @ 1800 |
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research-mab |
10/22/1989 Porkchop- pool still beautiful aqua-blue some “eruptive type” activity. Vigorous splashing above rocks visible from boardwalk. Will it become a fountain geyser? |
| 5371 |
13 Sep 1989 @ 1800 |
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research-mab |
9/13/1989 More info on Porkchop as per R. Hutchinson:
Maximum ejecta: 66.1 meters to the south, 43.4 m to the north, 31.5 to the west, 25.6 m to the east. The largest piece is 1.88 m long; 1.23m by 11.7>m
E→W the pool is 4m x 5 ½ m. and is about 2’ deep with boiling water.
Porkchop began spouting ‘perpetually’ about 4 yr and 5 months ago. |
| 7596 |
19 Feb 1989 @ 0000 |
19 Feb 1989 @ 2359 |
JSJ |
Porkchop Geyser's ice cone [= wintertime ice buildup from emitted steam and water crystallizing around vent area] 7.11 meters high. |
| 7653 |
19 Feb 1989 @ 1800 |
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research-mab |
2-19-89 Porkchop Geyser ice cone 7.11m high, |
| 7571 |
12 Feb 1989 @ 1800 |
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research-mab |
2-12-89 Porkchop Geyser ice cone 6.27m high |
| 7589 |
05 Feb 1989 @ 0500 |
05 Feb 1989 @ 2359 |
JSJ |
Porkchop Geyser's ice cone [= wintertime ice buildup from emitted steam and water crystallizing around vent area] much higher - estimated 6 meters tall - than last week. Morning low temperature at Canyon today was -43 degrees Celsius. |
| 7567 |
16 Jan 1989 @ 1800 |
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research-mab |
1-16-89
Porkchop Geyser – ice cone is ~3.3-3.4m high & very blue on the back side. |
| 7569 |
15 Jan 1989 @ 1800 |
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research-mab |
1-15-89 Checked ice cone near Porkchop Geyser. Estimated height of blue ice formation was 3.3-3.4m. |
| 4697 |
02 Jul 1988 @ 1800 |
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research-mab |
7/2/1988 Porkchop is louder than ever with continuous steam/water eruptions. It sounds like a jet plane & is audible from the museum and the campground. |
| 4692 |
05 Jun 1988 @ 0000 |
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research-mab |
6/1/1988 Porkchop Rick Hutchinson:
Ice Cone max height this winter 6 meters, 1588 cubic meters - 46,000,000 ice cubes |
| 4685 |
29 Jun 1986 @ 1800 |
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research-mab |
6/29/1986 Porkchop is still erupting constantly, but has lost much of the force it was exhibiting. (Began March 1985) (not continuous for a short time last week) |
| 4846 |
07 Aug 1985 @ 1800 |
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research-mab |
8/07/1985 Porkchop Geyser = low sputtering all day with the loud putt-putt noise that it makes. It did have some bursts that went 5 to 10 feet but mainly was low to 5 feet high. |
| 4859 |
17 Jul 1985 @ 1800 |
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research-mab |
7/17/1985 Porkchop seems to be back to violence again. Watched it for close to ½ hr erupt water 7-15’. Very noisy w/roaring steam again too. |
| 7602 |
11 Feb 1984 @ 1800 |
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research-mab |
02/11/1984 Porkchop Geyser – V. opalescent milky blue water - recently active & on 2/12/84 |
| 5235 |
10 Sep 1976 @ 0920 |
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research-mab |
09/10/1976 Dr Morey’s Porkchop – full, with small bubbles breaking gently on its surface (9:20) |
| 5634 |
12 Aug 1975 @ 1815 |
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research-mab |
08/12/1975
Dr Morey’s Porkchop filling rapidly at 1815 |
| 5857 |
07 Jun 1974 @ 1800 |
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research-mab |
06/07/1974 Observed Dr Morey’s Porkchop, Vixen, Veteran and my “Rubble Geyser” (Hodie’s New Crater Geyser”) in eruption. {no times noted} |
| 6213 |
26 Sep 1973 @ 1800 |
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research-mab |
09/26/1973 {no time noted}
Temperatures taken today
Dr Morey’s Porkchop 186 erupting |
| 6109 |
03 Sep 1973 @ 1800 |
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research-mab |
09/03/1973 Dr Morey’s Porkchop seen erupting up to ~2’
{no time} |
| 6075 |
22 Aug 1973 @ 1800 |
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research-mab |
08/22/1973
Dr Morey’s Porkchop seen erupting up to 4’ {no time} |
| 6069 |
20 Aug 1973 @ 1800 |
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research-mab |
08/20/1973 Dr Morey’s Porkchop appears quiet & clear – but all around it is a recent white deposit {different writing} --> Silica |
| 5919 |
14 Mar 1973 @ 1830 |
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research-mab |
03/14/1973 Dr Morey’s PorkChop: at 6:30 pm the pool was observed to be completely drained out and the geyser was experiencing an extremely vigorous and noisy steam phase, shooting spray and steam up to 9 feet. |
| 6432 |
30 Aug 1972 @ 1800 |
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research-mab |
08/30/1972
Dr Morey’s Porkchop – was completely drained – even well below the vent opening.
{generic time- end of day note} |
| 6347 |
08 Jul 1972 @ 1055 |
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research-mab |
07/08/1972 Dr Morey’s had water, all drained except for fluctuating 5-7” at vent at SW end at 10:55 |
| 6312 |
14 May 1972 @ 1800 |
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research-mab |
05/14/1972
The following geysers have been seen erupting since I arrived last night:
Ledge 6-10’, Iris 2-3’, Little Whirligig 15’, Basin 1’-2’, Fan 4’-5’, Bear Den, Feisty, Fireball 2-3’, Minute 1’-2’, Blue 7-15’, Africa 25-35’, Vixen 7’-15’, Dr Morey’s Porkchop 3’-5’, Echinus 10’-40’, Steamboat 5-20’ |
| 6476 |
02 Oct 1971 @ 1800 |
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research-mab |
10/02/1971 Dr. Morey’s Porkchop – observed starting to overflow for another eruption. {on rove- no time} |
| 6516 |
26 Sep 1971 @ 1800 |
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research-mab |
09/26/1971
Green Dragon was observed to be still more active, Dr. Morey’s Pork Chop had erupted during the afternoon, & Black Hermit Cauldron area is killing a few more trees. |
| 6573 |
11 Sep 1971 @ 1800 |
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research-mab |
09/11/1971 Dr Morey’s Pork Chop 186º – up 23º 7/31/71 – in eruption
{temps taken 1430-1700} |
| 6531 |
10 Sep 1971 @ 2000 |
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research-mab |
09/10/1971
Dr Morey’s Pork Chop- pool is clear as usual but it erupted at least once this afternoon and was starting to refill by 8:00 PM |
| 6567 |
07 Sep 1971 @ 1015 |
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research-mab |
09/07/1971 No activity out of either Dr. Morey’s Porkchop or Rick’s new thing {Rubble Geyser} when I checked at 10:15 this morning. |
| 6538 |
06 Sep 1971 @ 1030 |
06 Sep 1971 @ 1830 |
research-mab |
09/06/1971
More observations on Dr. Morey’s Porkchop: it was practically empty but erupting at around 10:30, 1½ inches below the rim but shooting a fine pencil like ray of water 15-20 feet, here each burst of water was like what one would hear of the exhaust pipe of an old John Deere “A” tractor was sputtering a little over a foot below the water level – both in sounds and in the time interval between each sputter. At approximately 6:30 PM the pool was almost empty again, but with little bubbling action; it soon increased again however. The vent at the base of the pool from which DR Morey’s PorkChop plays is roughly an equalangular triangle, about 3” long on the base & 1¼ in for the height. |
