More Animal Fun (this time under water)

During our visit to Georgia (Atlanta to be specific), we visited the downtown aquarium. Apparently, it's the largest indoor aquarium in the world. We must admit, it was amazing and should be seen by everyone passing through Atlanta.

The sting ray petting pool...


Tanner and Carter pointing out something cool...


Carter, Caroline, and Tanner checking out some small creatures...


Two handsome boys...


Carsyn getting snuggly with Daddy...


"What do you mean 'turn around'?"



An albino alligator (which although seemingly rare


View inside the dolphin tank...



Not that we got a great picture, but the aquarium had a huge ballroom (that could be rented out for a wedding or whatever), and had like 30' wide view (at least) into the Beluga whale tank, where two beautiful whales kept making big circles and even grazing the glass separating us from them on their passes. It was truly beautiful to amazing to watch and was hard to walk away from...



A huge tank with a huge fish - a whale shark. The aquarium had 3 or 4 of them in the same tank!!!



The underside of one of the whale sharks...


Caroline, Carsyn, Carter, and Tanner just chilling out...


A big spotted stingray in the same tank as the whale shark...


Some nasty looking shark with even nastier looking teeth!


Another one of the kids...


Tanner and Carsyn getting a close-up view of something...


Literally thousands of fish!!!



The giant grouper fish - probably nearly 800 lbs!!!


Carsyn enjoying some some with Uncle Michael, ahem, her new boyfriend...



Another shark...


Amber and Tanner - mesmerized...


A neat little sea horse...


Some crazy looking jellyfish...