Thursday, February 11, 2010

Shoot-out: Aquariums

Let me begin by saying that I have never had an aquarium. It is not exciting for me to watch fish swimming around in such small captive spaces. Besides, it is hard to find a fishing pole small enough operate, there.
My favorite aquarium is the great outdoors. Below is a good example. Click on the photo and try to count the Salmon swiming upstream. Keep in mind that every ripple on the surface of the water and every fin you see is another fish. My grandson caught a few when I took him, then called his mom to say, "We need to move to Alaska."


After the great Exxon Valdez oil spill, near Valdez, Alaska, years ago, Exxon paid Alaska a kazillion dollars in fines and payments of lawsuit awards. With part of the money, Alaska built a wildlife center in Seward. These are a few shots through the glass window of the aquarium.

Yellow-Eyed Rock Fish

Sea Lion


Seal at the entrence.

One of those cutsie things that grow, there.

Another cutsie thing.
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In St. Augustine we, also, have a salt water aquatics center.
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Marineland
Jamie and Jared at the Dolphin performing pool.

The Dolphin, playing basketball.

Marineland is not the tourist attraction that it once was. Since Sea World opened in Orlando our aquarium has been sold and is, now, mainly a marine research facility for the University of Florida.
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Thanks for stopping by. See you down the road.

15 comments:

  1. I particularly liked the cutesy things. I wish I had thought of that word to describe some of the things I found. Great post.
    QMM

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  2. Aren't salmon just the most miraculous creatures? I wonder if you still have some salmon in your freezer, from the looks of it you probably do.

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  3. I love the picture of the cutesy things, so awesome! and that yellow rock eye fish-all I could think was, that would be perfect for my fish curry! lol

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  4. I like the cutsie things! You know me, the bigger the pond the better...but I am kind to the small guys, that is until they grow bigger :)

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  5. The cutsie things are winners, aren't they? They get my vote, too. Love the big, natural aquarium in your header!

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  6. I liked the sea lion, personally!

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  7. That time lapse shot above is really cool. Someone was thinking in advance!

    I like the name of the cutsie things.

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  8. I think you have permanently renamed those creatures as "cutsie things". We'll have to rewrite lots of textbooks. By the way, I counted 3,212 salmon and one very confused sturgeon.

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  9. While I don't normally associate you with "cutsie" things, Gordon, I guess now I have to revise my thinking.

    They are cutsie. And this was a very fun post.

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  10. I actually think the 'cutsie thing' is totally beautiful. good shoot out mr. fisherman.

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  11. Very nice variety~loved all your shots!

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  12. What kind of fish are those in your header?

    Been missing you, my friend. Thought I would stop in and see what you had up your sleeve for this post. I just knew it was a post for the master fish-catcher. I expected some fish on a pole because I know that is where you like them.

    Take care. Send us some sunshine. We are freezing up here.

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  13. I love the salmon run, I find it quite exciting to see the fish packing the rivers/streams fighting their way against the currents. Great pictures.

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  14. cool post - the time lapse photo was awesome! I really liked the dolphin pictures. :)

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