New employee orientation at Monterey Bay Aquarium

[skinnylatte@hachyderm.io]

Kind of unfair that a random photo out of the railings has birds and otters in it

[skinnylatte@hachyderm.io]

I get to sea the open sea exhibit before we open! A sure way to know we haven’t opened is there are bubbles in the water

[champagne@masto.ai]

@skinnylatte why do the bubbles only run when the aquarium is closed?

[skinnylatte@hachyderm.io]

@Champagne no one will be able to see the exhibit if the bubbles are there. They run over night I guess to oxygenate the water and remind the fish that there is a large glass there

The exhibit is supposed to evoke a sense that you are in the middle of the ocean. It’s very majestic

[johnallsopp@indieweb.social]

@skinnylatte I remember going there in 2004, staying close by, the Aquarium really and truly amazing. And sea otters just hanging out!

[skinnylatte@hachyderm.io]

@Champagne https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/live-cams/open-sea-cam

[skinnylatte@hachyderm.io]

@johnallsopp it’s even better now. Larger, more exhibits and the deep sea stuff is breathtaking

[johnallsopp@indieweb.social]

@skinnylatte there was that giant tank with enormous fish, a Sunfish from memory–unbelievable–and amazing job and richly deserved!

[skinnylatte@hachyderm.io]

@johnallsopp I love the sunfish. Recently I was on a boat and a huge one came right up. It was majestic and also comedic (it was flopping about)

[skinnylatte@hachyderm.io]

The Monterey bay aquarium stands on the grounds of a former sardine cannery. Due to overfishing, the sardine population collapsed. When I heard about this I thought of the Silicon Valley office parks 50 miles north, engaged in modern extractive exploitation without ever giving back.

The recovery of the bay, the work of the aquarium and the marine national park status has completely changed the environment

[lisagetspolitik@union.place]

@skinnylatte The Monterey Bay YouTube video streams helped me get through the pandemic lock down.

[skinnylatte@hachyderm.io]

@lisagetspolitik amazing! I’ve heard so many people say that.

[grechaw@mastodon.art]

@skinnylatte

For some elder color - I was at Pacific Grove Middle School when the aquarium was built. Before it, cannery row was all ruins - and it was sooooo cool down there. It was
a magical place for a kid to explore. Everyone got passes to the aquarium when it was built, and it was a treasure to have as an after school destination. One particular highlight was playing music for evening events there.

[skinnylatte@hachyderm.io]

@grechaw I read that the hovden cannery guy wanted to build an aquarium in PG! He even got quotes for it but didn’t do it

[skinnylatte@hachyderm.io]

Attending a staff-only internal guitar concert in the open sea exhibit this morning

You can watch some live cams here (of the animals, not the concert)

(www.montereybayaquarium.org)

[skinnylatte@hachyderm.io]

Meeting in the kelp forest (we are closed today for a staff only event)

[tante@tldr.nettime.org]

@skinnylatte you really have the absolutely greatest place of work.

[skinnylatte@hachyderm.io]

@tante I can’t believe it happened and that I get to experience all of this joy

[skinnylatte@hachyderm.io]

There really was a guitar concert in front of the sea nettles this morning

[aud@fire.asta.lgbt]

@[email protected] my spouse often puts on the live cams of the jellies for ourselves and the cats ​​ we all love it!