November 16, 2007

Na hain zameen..na aasman..

I visited the Monterey Bay Aquarium last weekend. The aquarium is spread across two floors..and the world inside was truly so different.


So true!!!

And then we went on the 17-mile drive. This drive takes you through million-dollar homes amidst wilderness, with ocean on one side of the drive. The few minutes we could spend in the cold wind and the slight drizzle made my day!
Pics of the aquarium tour below:


The Entrance


Yeah...this was inside the aquarium :-) Oh..there were dolphins hanging too!!


The kelp forest and the fishes




Sea-dollars


Spot the fish!






Jelly-fishes


Asian Green-Viper





Phew! That was one colorful ride!!!! :-)

Finally something..well, not colorful!


Shaky Reflections!

12 comments:

Sandeep said...

Vinutha,

Nice pics....:)

God just amazes me as to how he created so many creatures each distinctly unique and colourful. On a philosophical note, it makes me realise that I am just one among the trillions of those creatures, though distinctly unique :)

Shekhar said...

good shots! its tough to take such good ones thru thick glass!

vinu said...

@sandeep: thnks!
@shekhar: thnk u thnk u thnk u!! Yeah..you cant use flash also! :-)

Samparka said...

The drive at 7 back to the 17mile was just awesome !!! Not to forget the mexican food !!! Dont you just love eating them :-P

Josh said...

tht viper is eeriely comouflaged!
nice pics!

Trailblazer said...

Hey,
Nice pics ! And like you said, very colourful. Especially liked the one of the green tree viper. Couldn't quite fathom the last one though..

snellika said...

photos yella chennaagithu. lot of rich colours everywhere. nice to see those. :)

vinu said...

@sudks: yes!! i can no longer proclaim myself as a vegetarian! :-(

@josh: thnks! :-) actually i hadn't noticed the viper's head til I saw the pic on the comp...eerie to the core!

@vinay: hey thnks..:-) the last one is the reflection of some grass shoots in water..added a touch of sepia to it!

@suraj: thanks..you wouldn't have expected a less colorful post frm me can ya???? :-) and oh..hope ur trip was 'successful' too ;-)

snellika said...

yup. pretty sure your posts wont be bland. :) well, about the trip, it wasnt successful. I should try my luck overseas. ;)

vinu said...

@suraj: oh yeah..but wasn't thr a certain requirement? hmm...something about languages right!??!? ;-)

snellika said...

well. i guess i could find ladies who know to speak tulu in US also. ;) But its not a compulsory criteria you know. i will settle for ladies who do nt even know that tulu is a language. ;)

vinu said...

@suraj: then u have absolutely no problem....UIUC will be filled with them!!!