On July 30th, 2003....11 days ago
There was a news report by Carole Cloudwalker from
www.codyenterprise.com , and it was title:
*Bulge in lake worries YNP scientists.*
http://www.codyenterprise.com/articles/2003/07/30/news/export5845.txt > Beneath the serene surface of yellowstone lake, where
death from hypothermia comes within 30 minutes, seethes a boiling underwater world.
And like a pot too long on the stove, it could boil over,says U.S. Geological Survey Geologist Lisa Morgan,PhD
of Colorado
She and others from the USGS have been studying the hottest
hot spot in the 7,731 Elevation Lake,, a spot which Morgan has termed an "inflated plain". It lies south-southwest of Storm poiint near Mary Bay, in the northern end of the lake..
Morgan, respresenting both the USGS and Yellowstone Volcanic Observatory, is in the process of mapping the lake
floor with seismicc reflection images,etc......
*****Here the key clue *****
She has found that temperatures along inflated plain have been recorded at about 85 degrees 60 feet down,, where the plain bulges up about 100 feet above the lake floor (Park
spokeperson Cheryl Matthews says the lake RARELY reaches MORE THAN 66 degrees at the surface by late summer, and is much colder deeper down)......<
There's more, but I will stop here .....
On July 30th....Water temp was recorded at 85 degrees F
60 feet down......It Rarely gets to 66 degrees, but today
NEW report says........187 degrees, that's 102 degree increase in just 11 days.....
Something is cooking over-there.....by the way what would happen if that lake blows -up ??? any scienists out-there ?
Thermal activity closes part of Yellowstone US Geological Service ^ | July 22, 2003 | National Park Service
Closure of the western part of the Back Basin Trail within the Norris Geyser Basin
Press Release http://www.nps.gov/yell/press/0362.htm
On July 22, Yellowstone National Park issued a press release to inform the public that it would close the western part of the Back Basin Trail within the Norris Geyser Basin. This follows increased thermal output within this area including areas immediately adjacent to the trail, beginning on July 11. Norris is the hottest and most seismically active geyser basin in Yellowstone. Recent activity in the Norris Geyser Basin has included formation of new mud pots, an eruption of Porkchop Geyser (dormant since 1989), the draining of several geysers, creating steam vents and significantly increased measured ground temperatures (up to 200 degrees Fahrenheit). Additional observations include vegetation dying due to thermal activity and the changing of several geysers' eruption intervals. Vixen Geyser has become more frequent and Echinus Geyser has become more regular.
Much of this activity may be attributed to the "annual disturbance", which, as implied by its name, is an annual event at Norris with increased boiling, increased turbidity of thermal pools, and apparent increased injection of waters from deeper parts of the hydrothermal system. The disturbance occurs within the summer season. A study of changes during the 1995 annual disturbance was published by Fournier et al. (2002). This year, changes at Norris are more pronounced than in previous years.