Ah, you took photos of all the same things I take photos of when I go to an aquarium: leafy sea dragon (if they have one), the red nettles in the blue tank which has become almost obligatory, and the swimmy swimmy fish tank.
That sardine tank is indeed very hypnotic.
Do they still have the tidewater exhibit with the birds? My mother got a photo of an avocet, curlew and ...willet? in there with the beaks going up, down and straight, just like a Tory Peterson bird guide cover.
I loved Monterey Bay aquarium when I visited.
As a side note, I have no idea why you'd ever be in the Baltimore/DC area, but the national aquarium is utterly worth visiting for the final gigantic reef tank. It's a simply enormous enormous donut-shaped tank about six stories tall, and you descend via a spiral walkway down the inside of it. Between the fish swimming around you and the odd MYST-like ambient music, it's like a dream.
I haven't been there in about 20 years, and I suspect the place may show a little wear and tear now, but when it opened, it was one of my two favorite museum-type places as a kid. (The other being the UPenn archaeology museum.)
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That sardine tank is indeed very hypnotic.
Do they still have the tidewater exhibit with the birds? My mother got a photo of an avocet, curlew and ...willet? in there with the beaks going up, down and straight, just like a Tory Peterson bird guide cover.
I loved Monterey Bay aquarium when I visited.
As a side note, I have no idea why you'd ever be in the Baltimore/DC area, but the national aquarium is utterly worth visiting for the final gigantic reef tank. It's a simply enormous enormous donut-shaped tank about six stories tall, and you descend via a spiral walkway down the inside of it. Between the fish swimming around you and the odd MYST-like ambient music, it's like a dream.
I haven't been there in about 20 years, and I suspect the place may show a little wear and tear now, but when it opened, it was one of my two favorite museum-type places as a kid. (The other being the UPenn archaeology museum.)