White alligator

The famous white gator from the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas in New Orleans where Canal Street meets the Mississippi River.  I took this a few years ago, but I never had the chance to post it.  I guess this dude is bigger these days.

Shake your claw, feller

This fellow was at the Aquarium of the Americas in New Orleans. I had a sneaking suspicion that he was holding out his claws to shake hands. Thanks, but no thanks.
--steve buser

Aquarium of the Americas, New Orleans, Louisiana

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Dormez Vous?

This penquin was standing very still. He even appears to have his eyes shut.  Maybe he was sleeping on the job.  Nonetheless, the kids had a lot of fun seeing him at the Aquarium of the Americas in New Orleans.  We thought wewould be in there for a couple hours -- it was almost five hours later before we emerged to head down into the French Quarter.

Oh, by the way.   When I said the kids enjoyed it, several of those were packing on the years, if you know what I mean.

--steve buser

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Face the feeding frenzy

Fish feeding time at the Aquarium of the Americas in New Orleans is frenzied favorite of the crowds, not to mention the fish. The site is at the foot of Canal Street by the Mississippi River.

--steve buser

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Ghostly gator

This is the famous white alligator at the Aquarium of the Americas located at the foot of Canal Street in New Orleans. The foot of Canal seems to be pretty much a favorite location for tourists and locals alike. Shopping, Mississippi River walking, casino, great eating, street cars, French Quarter -- it all comes together right there.

-- steve buser

Suspended animation

This strange creature is at the Aquarium of the Americas in downtown New Orleans. One of these days, I am going to remember to write down identification stuff. I thought it might be a Man of War, but I can't find anything like it on the internet. His image is a little misshapen -- caused by the curvature of the glass of the tank he is in. And the light might distort his color somewhat. Anyway, he captured my attention as he slow floated around -- the bell at his top keeping him near the surface of the water.

--steve buser

Exploding star

You know those props they have at touristy places -- you put your face in the star, in the helmet, it the monster ... what have you.

This was at the Aquarium of the Americas when we visited a few weeks ago. All of the kids, dutifully, came and put their faces in the starfish. But, when it was time for our grandson, Sullivan (a.k.a the drama king) to step up, he comes exploding out of the star.

"All the world is a stage..."

--steve buser

Shark blind

See level view
From the darkened "in camera" setting, visitors at the Aquarium of the Americas get an amazing view of sharks and other things that go swish in the dark. The huge shark tank setting, replete with barnacled replicas of drilling rig legs, is a favorite mulling area for visitors. So much so that there is a bleachers area just behind me where I took the photo, for sitting and watching.

The Aquarium, which lost all of its fish in Hurricane Katrina, is back up and running and full of sea creatures of all types as well as oohs and ahs from kids and adults.

--steve buser . . . . . Technorati tag: fish . . sharks


Lagniappe -- ( a little something extra )

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Shark touch

Conquering fear
It isn't if your afraid or not. Great accomplishments happen in the shadow of fear. It not that you have fears, it's what you do with them. If you let them control you, or you use them to get that burst of energy and excitement to do what you thought you could never do.

Our grandson, Sullivan, took some convincing, but then he step up to the tank and slowly lowered his hand into the water toward the waiting shark. Voila. The Shark Touch. There should be some kind of a certificate, or diploma or something. But come to think about it, many if not most of the greatest accomplishments done come with a piece of paper to acknowledge it.

The scene is from our visit this week to the Aquarium of the Americas in New Orleans -- a really spectacular adventure -- most of it untouchable.

--steve buser .... Technorati Tags shark fear Aquarium

Lagniappe -- ( a little something extra )

The weather was so foggy maybe a seagull couldn't find fish in the water. But it was not all disappointing, dispite the long ferry ride over to get there.

There was on bonus that you may not expect.

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