• Thursday-What'sUP September 10 - 08:44 pm

When Katriina Hopper and her daughter Ellie were enjoying the Eagle River Beach this week, they came upon some "mysterious globules of jelly goo". Immediately, Ellie began doing some research of the environment... trying to figure out what these "goo balls" were.

It wasn't until they were back at home again, after a Google search that they found out they are actually from a harmless zooplankton called holopedium. Katriina thought it would be a good idea to reassure you all that a tapioca-carrying freighter had not released these mystery objects into Lake Superior! ;-) You can read more about them here: Readers want to know…

That was really some excellent detective work in the research field, by such a young one, too. I'm thinking that Ellie should be nominated for the "Heart and Hands Award", although it would have to wait until next year, as this year's nominations concluded on August 31st. For more information about this award, click on over to: Heart and Hands Society.

P.S. In case you didn't recognize the little researcher, she's Charlie and Edie's beautiful little Granddaughter, Jon and Katriina's daughter.

My first thought was Tar Balls that are caused by an oil spill...yikes!

Oh my-- i was shaken up for a moment there and thought
even our Lake Superior was getting polluted. What
great pics though!

Katriina and Jon, your little Ellie is absolutely adorable! Hope to see her more often on her Grandpa's site.:)

very interesting and ellie is adorable

Just cool pictures and what an adorable little
girl!!!!

We found these on the Lake Superior shore at
Vermillion Point two weeks ago. They were not as
large as the pictured ones but dissolved in your
hand when we tried to pick them up. The entire
water line had them washing back and forth in the
lapping water. We thought they were some kind of
fish egg.

From Friday's Cam Notes:
Grant DuBridge (Grant650) on Friday, September 11, 2015 - 12:19 am:
"I sent that Eagle Stare picture to my Biologist
son. I'm sure he will love it."

Grant: See my reply to your post:
(click →) If he likes that one, check this …