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January 18, 2008
Jellyfish tank at the Oregon Aquarium
While we were on the coast, we bought a membership to the Oregon Aquarium. It means that we can go to it for the next year any time we fancy.
I'm pretty excited about it, I love going and learning about all the animals, and each time Brian and I go tidepooling, I know a little more about what I am looking at and what they are doing.
Tidepooling, if you haven't done it or looked at my flickr pictures, is climbing around on rocks that are exposed by low tide and looking at the creatures who are in the remaining pools of water, or attached to the rocks. It's a hobby that rewards patience, the longer and deeper you stare at a pool, the more likely you will see something interesting. A chiton, a sea star, octopus, fish, all sorts of things to find.
You do it carefully too, with an eye on the ocean so that you don't end up being torn off the rocks by a rogue wave, and an eye on the time so that you leave before the tide starts coming back (and potentially trapping you).
It's one of my favorite things to do. I am going to get an underwater casing for my camera at some point so that I can try to capture on film some of the more interesting things I see out there.
Posted by Heather at January 18, 2008 03:10 PM