[Strand]

Took a trip down to Newport Beach this weekend. Stopped by the Aquarium. It was ok. The shark tank was the neatest thing. It was dark and the glass was really thick so it was difficult to get decent pictures, but I thought I would share what I have.

I didn't have time to write down any of the names of the fish. I was getting yelled at enough for taking so many pictures.

The "tank" is this giant tube you walk through. If was a pretty cool set up.


The "old lady"

 

[Strand]

Pretty little guy

 

[Strand]

Giant Chinese crabs. Again sorry about the pics...

 

[Strand]

These things were tiny. Size of a quarter or smaller:

 

[Strand]

Could not get a good pic of this guy. He was sitting in a spot of curved glass.

This guy was crazy. If anyone knows the names of these fish post up!

 

[Strand]

She was pretty patient with all my picture taking. I spent a good hour in just the shark tube.

View from our hotel room:

The beach:

Whew, that's it. Thanks for looking.


Edit: Wow I uploaded all the photos to an album on here and it really drained the quality. I had to chop them down to about 15% just to upload them but now I see they are pretty blurry and grainy. Sorry!

 

[Romad]

Beautiful pics :thumbsup: They look very sharp and clear to me so you did well.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[Strand]

Beautiful pics :thumbsup: They look very sharp and clear to me so you did well.

Thanks for sharing.

Hmmm, weird. You can really tell from looking at the originals and then looking at the posted ones. I'm glad they aren't too horrible!

 

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[RSully]

Newport is one of my top 5 vacations places. If we could go ince a year, we would but we like to see other places. Never been dissappointed on an Oregon coast vacation, but Newport is the best place IMO.

 

[badxgillen]

Those were some nice pics.I have not been to the Aquarium for some time but this certainly makes me want to go back.

 

[GwenInNM]

Great shots! Wow. Now I know if I ever get up that way, that is a great vacation spot. Love the beach shots. The fish you asked about was some type of moray eel. We have those at the aquarium here in Albuquerque.

Gwen

 

[Strand]

Haha I was talking about ALL the fish.

Make sure you have the fish tacos at Mo's if you go!

 

[RSully]

And the Clam Chowder!

Haha I was talking about ALL the fish.

Make sure you have the fish tacos at Mo's if you go!

 

[GwenInNM]

Haha I was talking about ALL the fish.

Make sure you have the fish tacos at Mo's if you go!

Ha, ha. I thought you were asking about that eel, but looking back at the pictures, I see you said "all" fish.

 

[Strand]

And the Clam Chowder!

Can't eat onions so I missed out on that.


The noodle shack place across the street was really good also. I gained a good 5 pounds on this mini vacation.