06:39:00
<Kat> :daisy:
06:41:06
<Kat> 0638
06:42:35
<Kat> Lion may be done
06:49:54
<Kat> OF
06:53:38
<Kat> OF short
08:02:02
<Kat> Maybe last OF was long - looked short to me
08:32:03
<Kat> Morning all!
08:34:37
<Delta4Heavy85> Good Morning Kat
08:42:15
<Kat> :daisy:
09:01:58
<Delta4Heavy85> Is that Tardy in eruption?
09:02:31
<Kat> Yes
09:05:34
<Ryan> Morning all
09:06:17
<Ryan> Developed a hearty head cold last week, on the tail end of it which means I am in the spell of waking up and getting my head to drain for three hours and then hacking a dry cough the rest of the day. I hate pollen.
09:13:20
<Kat> Sorry
09:14:52
<Kat> bee is quiet
09:16:04
<Delta4Heavy85> I wonder if it had an overningh eruption
09:16:44
<Kat> yesterday at 1703
09:17:52
<Delta4Heavy85> Yeah I watched yesterdays eruption but it could be possible that there was a 12h interval
09:18:16
<Delta4Heavy85> Or it could just be closer to a 20 hour interval
09:18:30
<Kat> Could be but Art was on early and it was fairly clear this morning
09:32:20
<Kevin L™ 🌵> I am at the car shop running long. If someone can take the cam until I get back I would appreciate it.
09:33:02
<Kat> I can watch for awhile
10:05:00
<Kevin L™ 🌵> I am back and getting loaded.
10:05:37
<Kat> No problem! Welcome back!
10:07:31
<Kevin L™ 🌵> I am good.
10:09:40
<Kevin L™ 🌵> Had a Pampers moment on the way back. All of a sudden cars started slowing and changing lanes by an interchange. I was slowing for the car in front of me and he swerved and there was a crashed car right in front of me. Missed it by about a foot.
10:12:51
<Kat> Oh wow! Glad you're ok
10:13:02
<Kat> Have a good drive!
10:13:20
<Kevin L™ 🌵> Sure woke me up.
10:13:40
<Kevin L™ 🌵> Thanks for covering both me and Linda
10:14:33
<Kat> No problem! :)
10:14:46
<Kat> Gotta go now! Bye
10:35:14
<Delta4Heavy85> Bee splash
10:50:38
<Kevin L™ 🌵> Daisy
10:55:06
<Kevin L™ 🌵> Grand
10:55:38
<Delta4Heavy85> Darn Was on a diffrent tab and missed the start
11:09:44
<Betty> morning all
11:11:15
<Kevin L™ 🌵> Guten hello
11:11:34
<Betty> hi Kevin L™ 🌵
11:29:01
<Betty> splashy
11:29:44
<Kevin L™ 🌵> Not splashy enough
11:30:48
<Betty> yeah, seems so :-(
11:31:06
<Betty> or just not yet ;-)
11:43:59
<2> what is splashy enough these days?
11:47:28
<Kevin L™ 🌵> 180' tall
11:49:38
<2> ha ha yes
11:50:41
<2> I bet Dave has fun in his van on the LA highways. His team won last night
11:52:14
<Kevin L™ 🌵> They tried really hard to lose.
11:53:07
<2> I didn't watch, just saw the score and thought of Dave
11:55:04
<2> in best of 5 they will move stadiums, right?
11:56:10
<Kevin L™ 🌵> Not really that far.
11:58:30
<Kevin L™ 🌵> I think it is 2 then 2 then back for the final if needed.
12:11:18
<Ryan> Boy, something changed at Norris a couple days ago.
12:20:54
<Betty> hi Ryan, what did happen?
12:21:21
<Ryan> Anyone know what the weather patterns there were like? SB trace didnt update but Echinus and Constant show a change in behavior
12:21:32
<Ryan> SB seemed to get water back at the same time
12:21:47
<2> Bill left a note yesterday, not much happening at SB
12:22:10
<2> hardly any overflow at Cistern
12:23:27
<2> MA should be back soon, maybe she will note any changes
12:38:01
<Ryan> I'll have to ping her about it. I think its weather, but not sure
12:38:52
<2> hasn't been much weather other than cold nights, no moisture
12:39:12
<2> or precipitation I guess is the word I was looking for
12:42:32
<Ryan> Right. In both Echinus and Constant you can see the diurnal cycle get blunted - or stopped.
12:42:59
<Ryan> At the same time SB had water return to the system. Will be interesting to hear ground reports from the last few days.
12:43:36
<2> I don't think many folks are hanging at Norris now
12:46:48
<Ryan> As it tends to be when something big is not erupting :/
12:47:42
<2> or it's October and hardly anyone is about...
12:48:17
<Ryan> Probably both. If we are being realistic, almost no one cared about Disturbances until July of 2018.
13:02:30
<2> Agreed Ryan
13:02:40
<2> or agree
13:03:07
<2> Ledge was the biggest thing happening at Norris before SB started up again
13:03:48
<Ryan> Ledge and Echinus. And neither of those really had the same dramatic effect that SB had. Once SB survived that first disturbance, folks became very interested haha
13:06:16
<2> well SB series is something that may never be repeated. It is understandable people went out of their way to try to see it
13:06:57
<Ryan> No complaints here. We learned more about Norris in four years than we did in forty, or eighty.
13:07:19
<2> :thumbsup:
13:07:28
<Ryan> Just the observation that continued understanding of its behavior will be tricky without a small army of folks motivated to watch it is all.
13:08:44
<2> do not think that exists among current gazers
13:09:25
<2> we have MA though :)
13:12:47
<Ryan> And the Beverlies.
13:13:17
<Betty> I guess they already left
13:13:41
<Ryan> Always good to corroborate disturbances with logger behavior though. When folks are gone, that becomes our eyes and ears.
13:13:52
<2> yes, cb really is the person who reports on all the features on a regular basis during summer
13:14:18
<Ryan> MA has had issues with the roads being knocked out.
13:14:26
<Ryan> Really limited her ability to access Norris
13:14:59
<2> she has done work arounds, and I think she plans to return before park closes
13:15:59
<Ryan> Oh yeah, she makes it work. But I dont think she can go as often. Her ~1.5hr drive turned into closer to 3 I think
13:18:29
<Ryan> I took my medium format and some black and white film to my brothers wedding. I like what I see in some of these negatives
13:19:03
<Ryan> I think my belated wedding gift to them will be some silver prints, some of these are quite nice and very different than what their photographer took
13:19:34
<2> Nice gift
13:20:10
<Ryan> I got in some sheets of super fine grained black and white film, tonight I am going out to take some dock photos and practice fine tuning focusing with the big camera. My photos from outwest routinely came back really well composed and exposed but with issues with focusing.
13:51:15
<Delta4Heavy85> Quiet Afternoon
14:10:53
<2> yesterday it was waiting for Grand, today it is BH
14:18:52
<Delta4Heavy85> Indy
14:18:53
<Delta4Heavy85> .
14:18:54
<Delta4Heavy85> .
14:18:54
<Delta4Heavy85> .
14:18:55
<Delta4Heavy85> .
14:18:56
<Delta4Heavy85> .
14:19:23
<Delta4Heavy85> Can someone send the text?
14:21:35
<Ryan> Yay!
14:24:28
<2> maybe we can get closer?
14:25:15
<Delta4Heavy85> OF Window
14:25:28
<Ryan> Think we are watching for Lion
14:25:48
<2> I must be delayed. I still have a far shot of geyser hill
14:26:05
<Delta4Heavy85> Yeah you are
14:26:12
<2> oh, forgot about Lion
14:26:19
<2> weird because I refreshed too
14:26:29
<Delta4Heavy85> Strange
14:27:29
<2> there , it just moved.
14:29:59
<2> Lion post
14:36:14
<Ryan> Its a race at this point
14:36:18
<Delta4Heavy85> Of
14:36:23
<Ryan> Going to probably be another concerted eruption
14:36:45
<2> hopefully not
14:36:47
<Ryan> Albeit, not one that was worth waiting for haha
14:37:14
<2> hoping we do not have to watch last gasps of OF
14:37:33
<2> BH
14:37:39
<Delta4Heavy85> Darn
14:38:04
<Katie> Bee sure lieks to do duets with other gyesers lateyl
14:38:07
<Ryan> Windy
14:38:12
<2> BH rising, OF declining...time to move?
14:38:35
<2> it does seem wind challenged
14:38:54
<Ryan> At least BH gets ~1/3 of the screen lol
14:39:00
<2> a bit early for rainbows.
14:39:09
<Ryan> 70ft tall and 300ft wide
14:39:18
<Delta4Heavy85> Of seamed long
14:39:26
<Ryan> This is the smallest BH I have seen in a while
14:39:29
<Delta4Heavy85> Basedon behvior
14:39:54
<2> VEC will post the correct window
14:40:02
<Ryan> Even with the wind this is pretty anemic
14:40:29
<Delta4Heavy85> Yeah raely short
14:41:32
<2> BH trying to be Lion initial?
14:41:55
<Ryan> Well, time to go practice focusing.
14:41:55
<2> thanks cam op
14:42:14
<Ryan> I have a loupe and a sunshade to use. If I put on a tweed jacket I'd be right out of the 1930s
14:42:41
<2> old time photos...
14:42:49
<Ryan> Except the camera wasn't built until 1971.
14:43:11
<2> still, 50 years...
14:44:05
<Ryan> Old time photos can be made. The camera would take glass plates. Mostly I shoot modern film emulsions though. The images produced rival, or exceed, digital in quality.
14:44:12
<Ryan> If I can focus the damn thing
14:44:36
<Ryan> Daisy
14:44:48
<Ryan> Busy hour
14:45:53
<Ryan> The general feeling I get from old camera gear is that beyond roughly 1970 the build quality is such that it practically feels new - if the item has been taken care of.
14:46:19
<Ryan> I have Canon 35mm SLRs from the 1970s that are in better shape than a new modern DSLR. The build quality is just phenomenal.
14:46:53
<2> kind of like old refrigerators, built to last
14:47:12
<Ryan> Same with my Mamiya medium format cameras. Just spectacular. This big camera uses a lens from 1967 and its also beautiful - albeit the glass isn't coated and glare can be an issue if I am not careful.
14:47:44
<Ryan> This was taken on Ektachrome with the big camera: https://flickr.com/photos/131878030@N04/52319814628/in/datetaken-public/
14:47:59
<Ryan> And this: https://flickr.com/photos/131878030@N04/52319928229/in/datetaken-public/
14:48:43
<Ryan> I started working with film just as a way to learn more and expand my experience. But the more I get good with it, the more I love it. It's rapidly taking up the majority of my above ground work.
14:48:49
<Kevin L™ 🌵> My brother liked it.
14:49:24
<Ryan> There will be a day I will lug this thing out into the basin. Only downside is that it attracts attention I do not enjoy.
14:50:14
<Ryan> My favorite question "Does that thing still work?" - "No, it's just for exercise."
14:51:38
<Ryan> Kevin, I have a friend who is diving pretty deep into model railroading. We have plans in the near future to visit and ride on the local steam locomotives
14:51:47
<Ryan> I look forward to the Cass trip.
14:52:13
<Kevin L™ 🌵> I want to see those pictures.
14:52:47
<Ryan> The fella who gave me the Mamiya took lots of steam locomotive photos and I have a bunch of his work. I love them and want to emulate them.
14:52:49
<Kevin L™ 🌵> It was too rainy for me to get many train pictures in Colorado.
14:53:26
<Ryan> There is something about the black and white view of a massive locomotive with the huge white and black plumes that gets my photo-blood pumping.
14:54:13
<Ryan> Probably an image artefact: is Uncertain erupting?
14:54:28
<Ryan> I see something next to Sawmill. But I suspect its a compression error.
14:54:35
<Ryan> This really isnt the time for Uncertain
14:55:04
<Betty> I´m uncertain about Uncertain ;-)
14:55:20
<Kevin L™ 🌵> Very cold and humid days are good for steam trains.
14:56:02
<Ryan> I am certain that Uncertain is certainly not erupting
14:56:23
<Ryan> Yup, his photos of the Cass railroad locomotive were in the winter. Lots of snow and blue skies with the right filters.
14:56:26
<Ryan> Spectaculafr.
14:57:39
<Ryan> I look forward to taking the camera out to the basin and getting black and white photos of a few specific geysers. Castle, Old Faithful, Grand, and White Dome would be wonderful with the right weather conditions. Get that deep black sky, the vibrant white eruption columns....
14:58:20
<Kevin L™ 🌵> Grotto is great in B&W
14:58:27
<Ryan> Ansel Adams' photos from Yellowstone were technically wonderful, but I find them uninspired. Like they were taken by someone who just didn't feel the element they were capturing.
14:58:46
<Kevin L™ 🌵> Castle is one of the best. Lion is great too.
14:59:23
<Kevin L™ 🌵> I love the O Winston Link photos. He was incredible.
14:59:30
<Ryan> I shot some black and white in the basin in 2014. I wasn't good enough for it then but the project was tantalizing and I think about it quite often.
14:59:36
<Ryan> OWL is my photographic hero.
15:00:00
<Ryan> He combined it all. The technical demands of film and flashbulbs, the aesthetics - oh I could go on about him forever.
15:00:10
<Kevin L™ 🌵> I have a huge poster of "Hotshot Eastbound".
15:00:33
<Ryan> But if I did I would lose the lighting outside. So I must go, I am a slave to the sun... haha
15:00:48
<Ryan> I'd like to see that some day, Kevin.
15:01:03
<Ryan> I will share the wedding photos soon. I like what I see so fafr
15:01:07
<Kevin L™ 🌵> I think he used about 1000 flashbulbs per shot.
15:03:27
<Ryan> There was a photo taken in Carlsbad Cavern in the 1960s called "the big shot"
15:03:44
<Ryan> It was a photo of the big room using several thousand flashbulbs and ten cameras on different settings.
15:04:18
<Ryan> I read an account of the setup and the shoot - and the emotions described by the photographer on seeing the shot being executed gave me chills. I feel it.
15:04:28
<Kevin L™ 🌵> The advantage to that is you can highlight things and eliminate others.
15:05:35
<Ryan> There is a sublime ecstasy in watching your image come to life. Especially underground. For a brief instant you can see the scene lit in three dimensions and you're immersed in this world you created - and you know it was captured.
15:06:08
<Ryan> It isn't the shock and awe of something like seeing Steamboat, or winning some sporting event - but damn if it isnt the same feeling.
15:06:27
<Ryan> Alright, I actually have to leave now. Cloud front moving in.
15:07:10
<Kevin L™ 🌵> Later
15:07:31
<Betty> night, Ryan
15:11:54
<Betty> I call it a day, night all
15:12:24
<Kevin L™ 🌵> If you are calling it a day why are you saying night?
15:13:00
<Kevin L™ 🌵> Have a good one Betty. See you tomorrow.
15:41:15
<Kevin L™ 🌵> Lion burp
15:59:53
<Kevin L™ 🌵> Controls released
17:54:05
<KorbenC> Arty
18:27:45
<Craig M> weekly steamboat temp graph looks interesting
18:33:44
<KorbenC> Hi Craig
18:33:57
<KorbenC> Yeah, looks like its trying to get some water back
23:08:49
<Greg 🤠> OF is due in about 20 mins, anyone mind if I move the cam for a night of ?
23:09:26
<Kevin L™ 🌵> I don't have a problem
23:09:57
<Greg 🤠> Hi Kevin, hope your day was good.
23:10:56
<Kevin L™ 🌵> Not bad at all. About to head to bed now.
23:11:22
<Greg 🤠> I just got home, long day. Have a good evening
23:12:25
<Kevin L™ 🌵> Still tired from the rush trip to Idaho.
23:13:14
<Greg 🤠> When one gets over 50, that happens
23:13:35
<Greg 🤠> Watching the reply of #3 arrive in Flag
23:15:19
<Kevin L™ 🌵> Unusual. It was less than 3 hours late.
23:16:24
<Kevin L™ 🌵> Heading out. Night.
23:17:12
<Greg 🤠> knight
23:32:59
<72> Lion is due
23:33:24
<Greg 🤠> :lion:
23:33:37
<Greg 🤠> Thanks
23:38:14
<72> Grand probably has another 40 min if it keeps up with the last 3
23:38:32
<Greg 🤠> :thumbsup:
23:38:39
<Greg 🤠> what time do you have of ?
23:40:20
<72> OF was 5h 35 min ago so about an hour till next eruption
23:40:40
<Greg 🤠> :thumbsup:
23:40:45
<72> 5h 25 min**
23:43:37
<72> :thumbsup:
23:43:47
<Greg 🤠> Have a great evening/morning, bed time. Night
23:43:57
<Greg 🤠> controls released
23:44:04
<72> night