| Note: | Heating continues at Abyss, but at a bit slower of a pace. It is decidedly a teal blue than in the middle between teal green and teal blue. Chunks of microbes still float up with upwelling of water. The vent at the bottom is not yet visible - perhaps because of the microbe chunks - but it is still cloudy down there, but more clear than on July 2. Abyss gave off more steam than Black Pool. There was a steady stream of larger bubbles near the edge of pool on the side closer to Skinny Geyser. These were about baseball sized today - larger than on the 2nd. Bubbles rose from the center of the pool at 1301 (D=?), 1312 (D=? - these bubbles were smaller and closer to the catch basin by the overflow), 1317 (D=15s), 1320 (D=5s), 1325 had an increase in steam where I couldn't see the surface of the water. 1327 (D=? Steam obscured the view), 1329 (2 bubbles rose), 1331 (D=5s), 1335 (D=15s), 1344 (D=10s), 1345 (1 bubble), 1348 (D=15s), 1352 (D=? Visitor asking questions), 1357 (D=15s), 1359 (D=5s), 1406 (D=15s), 1409 (D=15s), 1414 (D=15s), 1416 (D=? Getting ready to end observation time). Since I am not set up to accurately time the duration of the bubbles, I would count - with an estimate of seconds and would put either 5,10 or 15 seconds to represent shorter, medium and longer times of bubbling. Upwelling was also documented and generally was noticed about every minute or two with a couple of longer pauses. Significant upwelling that filled the entire pool happened at 1351 and 1412. |
