OK, I am finally coming to the end of my posts about my Birthday Weekend. As my friend Lera was staying through Tuesday, I decided to take her to downtown Atlanta and show her some of the local sights.
After taking a quick tour of CNN and walking through the Beautiful Olympic Park, we went to the Atlanta Aquarium. And everybody if you are ever in Atlanta, make it a point to go to the Aquarium. It is HUGE and so beautiful. And Daniel really liked it. He was smiling and pointing at all the different fish the whole time.
These first couple pictures are dear to me because they are the first I have of Daniel standing all by himself (leaning on the glass)
These jelly fish were magnificent!
These were some type of eels, they grow to be 16-18 inches long and live like this:
Daniel was not sure about this giant fish at first, but warmed up pretty quickly:
This tank is either the largest or one of the largest in the world, it holds 6.3 MILLION gallons of water. Visitors can take scuba diving or snorkeling excursions in it. I want to do it so bad! A group was taking a tour of the tank when we were there. This is one of the instructors, I guess he was taking a rest ;-)
This tank was huge too, I liked this picture because there are reflections of two of the beluga whales on the surface:
They had a few petting pools, here is the one with sea anemones. They felt rubbery:
The piranhas looked suspended in the air:
This was a small tank with some of the most beautiful plants and a few small fish:
Daniel was fascinated with these alligators:
There seemed to be a million of multi-colored small fish in there:
I like the reflection of the rocks in the surface
3 comments:
Sasha, those are some really lovely photo's. I love the one with Daniel standing. Glad he had a great time!
You are lucky to be able to take your stroller. The Baltimore Aquarium does not allow strollers. We had to carry Jenna everywhere as it was VERY crowded and were afraid of losing her.
You got some great shots! Aren't you loving your camera!!!
I love the one of Daniel standing too! Great colors and beautiful subject ;)!
We love Aquariums! So if we are ever in Atlanta we'd love to go!
Have a great weekend! Next week is the big week!
That place looks AWESOME! Paul David would have wet his pants to be with so many fish! I don't remember our Houston Aquarium being so cool, but that was before I had a fish fan living in the house. I should try it out again! If I'm ever in Atlanta, though, I'm heading there!
I have a friend who lived in Atlanta for 6 years and never went...I'll be sure to tell her what she missed!
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