Pic Today 11/12/11

WORLD'S LARGEST AQUARIUM

No, it's not in California . . .

it's not in Florida . . .

It's in Atlanta, Georgia ! ! !

Have a glimpse of the Georgia Aquarium,

the world's largest indoor aquarium . . .

home to more fish than any other aquarium,

including dolphins, beluga whales, giant manta rays and

two whale sharks, the largest fish on earth.

After visiting the Monterey Aquarium (California)

on his birthday in 2000,

Bernie Marcus, co-founder of the Home Depot,

dreamed of creating an even bigger aquarium

and donating it to his home town, Atlanta, Georgia.

5-years later, and after donating $250-million to the project,

the magnificent Georgia Aquarium opened

and houses this 10-million-gallon salt water facility.

(It took 1.7-million-pounds of salt

to create this "instant ocean.")

Standing in front of this massive underwater tank

is an experience impossible to describe.

(You are inches away from the largest, most graceful

sea creatures on our planet.)

Anemones, jelly fish & sea horses tomorrow!