12/16/2008

Pictures from Our 2008 Vacations, 4: Monterey Aquarium

Filed under: General — Patterico @ 12:47 am

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Jellyfish, Monterey Aquarium, August 21, 2008
Thanks again to reader Kenny L.

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10 Responses to “Pictures from Our 2008 Vacations, 4: Monterey Aquarium”

1. Have you got the picture upside down?

   Ropelight (5b609a) — 12/16/2008 @ 5:10 am

   
   

2. The picture is right side up, the blog is upside down …

   Adriane (497622) — 12/16/2008 @ 5:22 am

   
   

3. The picture is correctly displayed, ignore my comment at #1. The following is from Wikipedia.

   Jellyfish, or in this case Pacific Sea Nettles, “are not adapted to closed spaces. They depend on currents to transport them from place to place. To compensate for this, professional exhibits feature precise water flows, typically in circular tanks to prevent specimens from becoming trapped in corners. The Monterey Bay Aquarium uses a modified version of the kreisel (German for “spinning top”) for this purpose.

   Ropelight (5b609a) — 12/16/2008 @ 5:59 am

   
   

4. Been there, done that, it is just as amazing as it looks in that picture. An incredible display.

   While you’re in the neighborhood, go to the “Taste of Monterey” wine-tasting site for an education on the local wines. Quite an eye-opener for an easterner like me. I could be very happy hanging out in Monterey for a while.

   driver (56cdca) — 12/16/2008 @ 7:01 am

   
   

5. Awesome!

   J. Raymond Wright (d83ab3) — 12/16/2008 @ 8:18 am

   
   

6. that image is gorgeous, love the color saturation.

   jeff nolan (e45581) — 12/16/2008 @ 8:39 am

   
   

7. So where is Albert Brooks?

   Karl (f07e38) — 12/16/2008 @ 9:16 am

   
   

8. COOL! I’ve just set this as my desktop background. Nice. =)

   clark smith (d8da01) — 12/16/2008 @ 10:50 am

   
   

9. Patterico,

   It was my pleasure to meet you in person and share some great conversation with you. Glad you enjoyed the trip.

   That picture is amazing! I didn’t know you were such a good photographer.

   Kenny

   Kenny (76922b) — 12/16/2008 @ 1:17 pm

   
   

10. I think I saw Nemo and Dorie swimming by.
    Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, swimming, swimming…

    eaglewingz08 (98291e) — 12/16/2008 @ 4:41 pm