It's The Age of Aquarius

On Monday, we headed to the Georgia Aquarium. They say that it is the largest aquarium in The US. While we thoroughly enjoyed it, we had expected it to be bigger. It wasn't that long ago that we were at the Shedd Aquarium downtown in Chicago and we didn't notice that big of a difference. Still, with the Georgia Aquarium just opening within the last couple of years, everything was new and impressive. There were some very cool fish and other animals there. Here are a few pictures.

Den and I outside of the aquarium.
The famous Georgia Aquarium logo on the building

White Baluga Whales

Tropical Fish

Alligators.Their snouts are much rounder than the pointy snout of a crocodile.

A Giant Sea Turtle - He swam really fast. It was hard to get pictures of him.

One of my favorite fish in the aquarium. You can't see all of the colors in the picture but it was very very colorful.

Den at the aquarium's entry.

Notice all of these small eels coming out of the sand. They were moving around like crazy! They were no larger than the size of typical earthworms.

Here is a school of fish swimming along with a giant Whale Shark. There are several Whale Sharks at the Atlanta Aquarium. They were transported by UPS from Taiwan to Atlanta. Talk about some carefully planned logistics!

More Sharks and Stingrays as we walk through a water tunnel.
There is actually a small conveyor belt that we stood on that moved us through the tunnel. It was a good idea ensuring that all of the guests had a chance to see everything. The Aquarium was definitely crowded since it was Columbus Day Monday and some kids were out of school.

You can't quite tell from this picture, but these crabs were HUGE. They have a span of about 3 feet!