Photo of the Day (10.12.08)

by Jeremy Kressmann on

My fellow bloggers have a been on a Photo of the Day nature kick this past week, so I figured I would keep up the theme. This Sunday’s nature shot comes to us from Flickr user ben.rulesalot, who noticed these two serene specimens on his trip to the Georgia Aquarium.

As much as any photographer might be tempted to crowd the frame of their shot with as much detail as possible, I happen to like Ben’s approach here. Sometimes, “simple is better.” And even though there are no humans in this photo, there’s definitely an interesting “interaction” occurring between these two jellyfish that creates a story for the viewer to decipher. Jellyfish in love? Jellyfish protecting their turf? I’ll leave it to you to decide…

Have any jellyfish photos you want to share with our readers? Or maybe some tasty seafood jambalaya? Why not add them to our Gadling pool on Flickr? We might just pick it as our Photo of the Day.

Denver Aquarium

by Adrienne Wilson on

Why do I feel so down after a trip to the Downtown Denver Aquarium? Many reason my friends. The first – I’m an adult who is really a kid on the inside, but none the less an adult to the ticket person waiting to collect my adult admission of $13.95 at the window. My second reason is ultimately the biggest reason for feeling so low. Trips to aquariums are usually very special for me. Since I can’t really scuba dive this is the closest way for me to see the various animals that patrol the waters and the plant life that thrives hundreds of feet off the land and under the sea. Aside from a tank full of piranha, puffers, suckers and empty tigers cages I was really trying to grasp where they were going with this aquarium. It felt more as though they were trying to create a zoo and didn’t focus enough on marine life, but maybe I’m being more of a big baby than a kid or an adult.

In my own honest opinion, after a 45 minute walk through the Denver aquarium I felt as though my money had been washed away on a very boring Denver attraction just to spew me out at the Aquarium Restaurant. I wasn’t in the mood to sample the fare after seeing such a disappointing show of the life aquatic. Decide for yourself though.

Downtown Aquarium – Denver is located at 700 Water Street, Denver, CO. 80211. Ph. 303.561.4450.