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sleeps with the fishes - No trip to Monterey would be complete without a visit to the Aquarium. |
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1 It's hard to take pictures of fish. They don't want to stay still. |
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2 The Monterey Bay Aquarium has an excellent jellyfish exhibit. The tanks are amazingly lit. |
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3 Sumptuous colors. |
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4 Alicia just staring... |
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5 Adding Alicia to the photos helps give you a sense for their size. |
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6 A school of fish. A middle school, I think. |
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7 This tank had all sorts of jellyfish "on their backs" lying in a pile in the middle. It was weird. |
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8 Graceful. |
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9 Alicia is picking out which tank she wants to sleep in. Kept trying to tell her it was just an expression. |
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10 A random shot of exposed rebar. It wouldn't be a day full of pictures without it. |
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11 This is right when the Tsunami hit the otter tank. Not sure how many otters survived. But those which did are getting ready for feeding time. |
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12 Man contemplates otter. Otter contemplates food. Matte contemplates whether it makes any sense at all. |
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13 Somebody stop them! The whales are getting away. |
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14 Alicia didn't know where I went... I took some time out from waiting at the glass for the otters to be fed. |
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15 That kid is genuinely excited. You can't buy that kind of excitement. Oh wait, you can. His parents did. |
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16 The big kelp tank. The kelp sways back and forth with the waves... it made me a little seasick. |
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17 Kelp, it does a body good. |
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18 Would the fish who parked his car in the coral please come to the white courtesy phone, it's been towed. |
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19 Sea Anenome. Sea Anenoyou. Sea Anenowe. |
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20 At the end of a long day around the aquarium, Alicia knows which googly-eyed creature she wants to go home with. |