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Very exciting time for a geologist! Once every few hundred years I'm guessing?

• bandyaboot 2y ago
  They’re not that rare. The USGS statement references a few examples of similar events including one from 2009 in this same basin, one from 1989 in the Norris basin, and another (small) event in the Norris basin earlier this year.
  • radishingr 2y ago
    And never forget excelsior geyser (crater) just up the road.
• glennon 2y ago
  Over 60 observations of this hot spring erupting in some fashion over the last 18 years. https://geysertimes.org/geyser.php?id=Black+Diamond https://geysertimes.org/geyser.php?id=Black+Diamond Many of the reports mention black water and rocks and "big" -- so not particularly rare. This eruption appears to be larger though -- typically the rocks and debris do not make it to the boardwalk.
  • glennon 2y ago
    A geyser gazer friend of mine shared the following image pair: a "before" Google Earth image and a USGS overhead image captured today after the event. The debris field surrounding the spring is evident -- including the damaged boardwalk. (links to a png) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Dcd55YX7oF8KPrHsog75vPS_Mc9tDWru/view https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Dcd55YX7oF8KPrHsog75vPS_Mc9...
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