Those of you who walk the beach regularly around the point are probably familiar with the tree that landed on our beach after falling from the cliff above the lagoon.This morning it was looking particularly decorative; Chris actually took a water sample of this rather ominous-looking red tide, but Clem Furlong tells us it's just algae. Quite striking, whatever the source. I also photographed some streaks of it in the water from the ferry I took over to Seattle last Thursday. So the algae appear to be making the rounds...
Do you suppose the algae are the source of that weird odor the lagoon gets sometimes in August? Like this tree, I just want to point the finger at SOME body -- and it happens too regularly (and always in August) for it to be someone's failing septic system.
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I noticed the red tide on the ferry home last Thursday as well. The West Seattle Blog has posted about it as well.
Clem asked someone at NOAA what it was and if they wanted a sample. The reply was they didn't need a sample and that it was "Noctiluca". It is not harmful itself, but it does excret ammonia.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noctiluca_scintillans
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