Fall is here, but our September Eyes Over Puget Sound flight showed us that Puget Sound is still at record-high water temperatures. Some rain has returned to our region, but air temperatures are warm, and river flows remain unusually low.
Waves create stripes of sediment in Bellingham Bay.
This year's strange and prolific jellyfish blooms have continued. Large jellyfish groups were seen in the south end of the Sound, the Kitsap Peninsula and the waters near Orcas Island.
We also observed unique patterns formed by sediment plumes in Bellingham Bay.