March 29th, 2014              

    We woke up early in the morning to make the drive into Atlanta to visit the Georgia Aquarium. The aquarium houses more than 100,000 animals, representing 500 species, in 10 million gallons of marine and fresh water. It was the world's largest aquarium when it opened in 2005. Among the aquarium's notable specimens are four young whale sharks, four beluga whales, eleven bottlenose dolphins, and four manta rays. The aquarium is the only institution outside of Asia housing whale sharks and is one of only four sites in the world displaying Manta Ray's.

    We had a great time during our visit. When we arrived there wasn't much of a crowd, but when we left there was a giant line waiting to get in. Although it was crowded inside the aquarium, we had no problem getting close to the exhibits and taking advantage of the opportunities to touch the animals (when allowed, of course). The first set of pictures were ones that I took, while the second set came through the lens of Tyler's camera. Unfortunately for him I still had the camera set for their indoor sports, so some of his pictures didn't turn out quite as well as they could have otherwise, but all in all he did a great job.

Georgia Aquarium
	It was quite foggy in downtown Atlanta this morning...
	Located next door to the aquarium is The World of Coca-Cola.
	Another picture of The World of Coca-Cola building.
	The entrance to the Georgia Aquarium.
	Making our way through the entrance lines.
	Some of the fish along the entrance hallway.
	Inside the aquarium.
	The first exhibit we visited was the Cold Water Quest.
	Here you could reach in and touch some of the creatures that live in the ocean.
	A fish swimming gently through the water.
	Some of the sea anemones that we were able to touch.
	These Japanese spider crabs can grow to a spread of 13 feet in the wild!
	A beluga whale.
	Tyler, Samantha, Drew, and Jayden looking at the beluga whale exhibit.
	One of the guides told us that the beluga whales would swim up to your hand on the glass, so here Tyler, Sam, Drew, Jay, and Tara are trying their best to see if it would work (it didn't).
	Tyler taking a picture of one of the exhibits.
	A sea otter swimming around.
	An octopus swimming along the edge of the tank.
	A couple of large starfish basking on the bottom of the tank.
	Another look at the octopus as it swims past.
Please click here for page two of the photos