Unique blue button sighting reported in Sandbridge area of Virginia Beach

Shortly after a Portuguese man o’ war sighting was reported at the Oceanfront, another unique creature has been spotted in Virginia Beach: a “blue button.”

The picture below is of a blue button Julie Daniel Harshaw saw on the beach near the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. She said she saw two blue buttons on her walk on the beach.

We reached out to the Virginia Aquarium to learn what a blue button is, and why another creature rarely seen here has been spotted.

Q: Why could the blue buttons be showing up?

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