Friday Night Photos Travelogue Pt7 Edition
Welcome to Friday Night Photos everyone. Your once a week break from the daily madness of the crazy world we live in. Post any photos, memes, music, or whatever else you find of interest that helps you escape the madness.
Tonight we close out the travelogue series back where it began in Monterey, with a visit to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. This was my first visit to the aquarium. Compared to the Birch Aquarium here in San Diego, the MB aquarium is absolutely huge. I only saw a fraction of what was there and definitely want to go back again. I found the jellyfish to be the most captivating exhibit. You could spend a couple of hours just watching their underwater ballet.
"Creature From The Blue Lagoon" Purple-striped Jelly
"Not on my pizza" Northern Anchovies
Spotted Comb Jelly
Black Rockfish
"Alien Invasion" Sea Nettles
"Alabaster Lamp" Purple-stripped Jelly
"Screen Saver"
"Turn On Your Heartlight" Spotted Comb Jelly
Spiny Lobster
"They Came From Above" Sea Nettles
Garibaldi
"Ballerina" Purple-striped Jelly
Comments
There can be only one music-video for The Monterey Bay Aquarium:
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Hi, Moonbat
Cool video. Great music to compliment the very strange and interesting looking critters. Thanks for sharing.
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Hi Moonbat
You couldn't have picked a better piece to compliment the subject. The flute is a wonderful sound to accompany the movement of the jellyfish. Thank you also for the pleasure of listening to Shadowfax again.
Hi Social
Such beautiful photos of such mysterious and ethereal creatures. I wouldn't want to be hugged by one though. They are all so uniquely shaped and coloured. The transparent ones and patterns of dots are fascinating. I wonder what the dots are, camouflage, decoration, or part of their function?
Thanks Social, much appreciated. I'd love to see that exhibit in person. Did you also film them?
Thank you, Janis
I bet being hugged by one would be a memorable experience. Just not in a good way. I don't know why they are marked and colored the way they are. I do know they are fascinating to watch.
I don't have any video of them but here's a link to their webcam.
https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/live-cams/jelly-cam
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You're more than welcome
Thank you for linking to the live cams, one can spend some good time being mesmerised by them.
Hi all
Decorated by nature
It’s one of New Zealand's gifts of nature, and celebration of the holidays. It’s the Pohutakawa tree, whose other name is the Christmas tree.The flowers are bright red balls of colour on large broad trees.
be well all and enjoy the holidays
Hi, Janis
Mother Nature did a nice job of decorating for the holidays. The Pohutakawa tree reminds me of bottlebrush. Happy holidays to you, too.
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We have Bottlebrush here too
They are related. The Bottlebrush are from Australia, and the Pohutakawa are endemic to NZ. The Tui birds love them equally.