03 16 2003 Photolog of Matte Elsbernd Back to Index
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  sleeps with the fishes - No trip to Monterey would be complete without a visit to the Aquarium.
 
  1 It's hard to take pictures of fish. They don't want to stay still.
  2 The Monterey Bay Aquarium has an excellent jellyfish exhibit. The tanks are amazingly lit.
  3 Sumptuous colors.
  4 Alicia just staring...
  5 Adding Alicia to the photos helps give you a sense for their size.
  6 A school of fish. A middle school, I think.
  7 This tank had all sorts of jellyfish "on their backs" lying in a pile in the middle. It was weird.
  8 Graceful.
  9 Alicia is picking out which tank she wants to sleep in. Kept trying to tell her it was just an expression.
  10 A random shot of exposed rebar. It wouldn't be a day full of pictures without it.
  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.
  12 Man contemplates otter. Otter contemplates food. Matte contemplates whether it makes any sense at all.
  13 Somebody stop them! The whales are getting away.
  14 Alicia didn't know where I went... I took some time out from waiting at the glass for the otters to be fed.
  15 That kid is genuinely excited. You can't buy that kind of excitement. Oh wait, you can. His parents did.
  16 The big kelp tank. The kelp sways back and forth with the waves... it made me a little seasick.
  17 Kelp, it does a body good.
  18 Would the fish who parked his car in the coral please come to the white courtesy phone, it's been towed.
  19 Sea Anenome. Sea Anenoyou. Sea Anenowe.
  20 At the end of a long day around the aquarium, Alicia knows which googly-eyed creature she wants to go home with.