Atlanta Georgia Aquarium

I had a couple hours to spend/kill in Atlanta, so I went to the Aquarium. Very impressive space, well done. I found it a bit over advertised, with each area sponsered by a different company, Coke, Ga Power, GP , etc.

I did find specific things facinating. I did not have a "good" camera, but had my little Canon SD 600 ELF in my briefcase, so I do not have excelllent images, but memories!

First, I saw the "Jellies". Now, I have seen several posts here about these at the Monteray Aquarium and I didnt really get the allure. But, I have to say that live they are impressive:








The next stop was the main aquarium. It doesnt show scale like you would imagine, but it is BIG!

A grouper:




The "talk":











Now go back and look again at the man talking and the size of the shark over his head:




That is a pretty big shark! (Filter feeder, not man eater!)

Beluga whales seemed happy:




Heads up with Mr. Grouper:




Any way, kids everywhere - school trips:



But fairly well behaved:




I just bet they didnt spend the $50 they hit up the casual tourist for the day!

(to be accurate, $10 for parking, $27 to get in (w/o the 3D movie pass) plus $14.99 plus tax for a tee shirt.)

Fun way to spend a spare hour, and points out the value of always carrying a camera, no matter how small!



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