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Just a few things I noticed in the Upper Geyser Basin when we were there in late September…
Copper Kettle 27 Sept 2011
Detail Crop of the Ripples on Copper Kettle 27 Sept 2011
Yep, ripples from bubbles on the water in Copper Kettle. I watched for a short while and never did see any bubbles appearing – just the telltale ripples from them.
Then I looked to my left – toward scissors springs – and noticed the hole across the boardwalk (another Unnamed Thermal Feature as far as I know) had water in it. Huh. So, I took a photo:
Unnamed Thermal Feature with water in it - across from Scissors Springs 27 Sept 2011
And then zoomed in on it…
Unnamed Thermal Feature across from Scissors Springs 27 Sept 2011
And then a little farther down the boardwalk – again on the uphill side, there’s an area across from Heart Spring (or maybe between Arrowhead and Heart Spring) that has a bunch of smaller tiny pools. One of them farther away from the boardwalk was still bubbling about as high as I had seen it in August. Here it is in September:
Unnamed Thermal Feature uphill from Pot o' Gold Spring (corrected) 27 Sept 2011
And how it looked back in August:
Unnamed Thermal Feature across from Pot o' Gold Spring (corrected) 10 Aug 2011
Just a few random observations from Geyser Hill.
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Copper Kettle in Overflow on 8 June 2010
The hot spring known as Copper Kettle sits on geyser hill, across the boardwalk (and down a bit toward Depression Geyser) from Beehive Geyser.It has a slightly raised outer edge which makes one wonder what its past was like – was it like Chinese Spring, boiling, and building a bit of a cone, or like it’s neighbor, Beehive and erupting? We’ll never know its past, but it would be nice to know more about its current behavior.
For the past few years, I’ve taken photos of it many times below overflow, but last June, there it was overflowing nicely. A first for me. I’ve heard others say it overflows regularly, and others say that they, like me, don’t see that normally. This is one I’d love to hear from anyone about to help figure out how often it really is in overflow like this. Then to see if there’s any connection with other thermal features on Geyser Hill.
You may notice in the photo above that Copper Kettle is almost a perfect pentagon shape. I use that in my notes:
- 8 June 2010: Copper Kettle’s overflow is coming out over the entire bottom edge and half way up the next left hand side.
There are lots of ways to let us know – add a comment to this post, submit an observation by clicking on the form link in the sidebar column or on the Copper Kettle Page. Let us know what you see – even if your comment is that it’s not in overflow.
Janet
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