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Worlds largest aquarium in Georgia? - Web Hosting Talk
I was just reading about this, didn't realize it but I guess Georgia is home to the largest aquarium in the world?
It looks interesting, and I want to visit it.
Has anyone been here and what did they think?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Aquarium
The Georgia Aquarium, located in Atlanta, Georgia at Pemberton Place, is billed as the "world's largest aquarium" with more than 8.1 million US gallons (31,000 m³) of marine and fresh water housing more than 100,000 animals of 500 different species.
The aquarium's notable specimens include four young whale sharks and three beluga whales.
Funded mostly by a $250 million donation from Home Depot founder Bernie Marcus, the aquarium was built on a 20 acre (81,000 m²) site north of Centennial Olympic Park in downtown Atlanta.
Marcus credited his 60th birthday dinner at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in 1990 as among the inspirations behind his desire to build an aquarium in Atlanta.
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Never been, but it looks worth the trip.
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I guess this is a good time to update my profile.
I actually moved to the Atlanta area last November and my wife has a season pass to the aquarium, so she takes our daughter there quite frequently.
I've been twice, and overall it's pretty impressive, although perhaps not as big as one might suspect for the largest aquarium in the world.
My favorite is definitely their largest tank - it has a long hallway where the ceiling and walls are curved glass with the tank above.
It features whale sharks (the largest fish in the world), a few different types of sharks and a lot of manta rays and grouper.
At the end of the hallway, it curves around and there is an area where you can sit and just look at the tank through a movie theater screen-sized wall of glass.
The grouper (which are surprisingly bulky) just hang out right next to the glass and stare in large groups (no pun intended).
The manta rays, which range from tiny and almost cute to medium-sized, sail around and the whale sharks, hammerheads and other sharks will swim laps around the tank, passing by every few minutes.
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How they maintain such a big one.
Its pretty tough gosh
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I wasn't impressed the two times I went.
Sure, it's the largest, but the Aquarium of the Americas in New Orleans is much more interesting.
I would choose the latter over the former.
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Thales
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Quote: : I wasn't impressed the two times I went.
Sure, it's the largest, but the Aquarium of the Americas in New Orleans is much more interesting.
I would choose the latter over the former.
-fin
Thales Whys that?
I been to shedd aquarium in Chicago and thought it was good, but never been to the Georgia one.
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It felt like a let down.
I'm VERY interested in sharks, and the two times I went there wasn't much going on in relation to that.
There also wasn't much information that they provided, so it was dull.
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Thales
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Quote: : It felt like a let down.
I'm VERY interested in sharks, and the two times I went there wasn't much going on in relation to that.
There also wasn't much information that they provided, so it was dull.
-fin
Thales Oh I see, do you think I should go to the one in New Orleans instead?
I live in Northwest Florida, do you have information about that one?
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I remember Jeff (aka Sailor) opening a thread on the subject before.
If I'm not mistaken he's a volunteer at the aquarium, definitely on my list of things to see in ATL.
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Quote: : Billy I remember Jeff (aka Sailor) opening a thread on the subject before.
If I'm not mistaken he's a volunteer at the aquarium, definitely on my list of things to see in ATL.
Really, do you have a link to the post he made?
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Quote: : Really, do you have a link to the post he made?
Http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showth...light=aquarium
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Imagine if that glass tunnel broke.
Ouch.
Looks interesting though.
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Wow,I thought Monterey Bay Aquarium was the largest aquarium, yet its only 1.8 million gallons...
Still very worth seeing though!
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Quote: : Imagine if that glass tunnel broke.
Ouch.
Looks interesting though.
How thick is the acrylic in the Ocean Voyager exhibit?
It is 2 feet thick.
The entire window is made of three panels glued together.
The panels were manufactured in Japan by Nippura, Inc.
The window weighs 120 tons and is 60 feet long and 27 feet high.
The acrylic tunnel in the Ocean Voyager exhibit is 6.25 inches thick.
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I've been there, it's definitely worth seeing.
However, I really didn't get the sense that it was the biggest or most impressive aquarium out there when inside
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