... so you get the Rainforest Exhibit!
These beauties greet you as you enter a steamy jungle of exotic butterflies, birds, plants, fish, huge spiders (enclosed, thank goodness! Shiver!), and other rainforest denizens.
The butterflies seem to love being photographed. Not so the shy little tree frogs. These guys were the only ones I spotted.
I was lucky to get this one shot of a bird at rest! They seemed almost never to alight. Several times I was startled by a streak of feathers shooting past my head from behind. 
Looking back up into the dome from the aquarium level below. I didn't get a good shot of these monsters from above, but believe me, it would'nt compare to this view from below anyway!
Finally a look at the structure itself. Here is a shot showing the size of the dome. Below are the Living Roof, with some of the 80+ skylights, and the skylights from below.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
It's raining in The City today...
4 comments:
very nice pictures!! looks like a nice place to visit.
That grass-covered dome with the skylights ....wow !
Aren't those spiders creepy? I would hate to run into those out in the wild. In fact, I think it'd give me a heart attack.
Great pics - I love places like that! :-)
Haha, well you should be - one look mighty cool in a Spidey T-shirt..! :-D
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