Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies

May 21, 2005:  Arrived in Gatlinburg, Tennessee around 9 PM on a Friday night.  I was there to see Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies.  I drove straight down the main street of Gatlinburg, narrowly missing most of the pedestrians.  I found the Aquarium without difficulty; and I parked in the garage around back.  Admission was $17.95 per adult; and parking was reasonably priced.  Actually, the whole deal was a bargain!  Here's some pics:

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1.  Scenery in the Smokies.  Taken between Cherokee and Gatlinburg. 

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2.  Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies.  Main entrance.

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3.  First aquarium seen upon entering.

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4.  Seahorse
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5.  Looking through the fish at the people walking below.  Note person in lower right corner looking up.

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6.  Visitors picking up the horseshoe crabs.  Note shark in upper right corner.

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7.  Some very large fish.  People added for scale.

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8.  Nice reflection!
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9.  Some people enjoying the aquarium.  Note child pointing.

 

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10.  Another view of people silhouetted against aquarium.

 

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11.  This employee was asked to pose to add scale.  Thanks!

 

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12.  The tunnel.  Fish swim all around, and even above your head.
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13.  Looking up at the bottom of a "sawtooth" shark.

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14.  People used to "frame" picture.

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15.  Shark in a fish tank.

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16.  Shark's teeth.
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17.  School of fish

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18.  Species of venomous fish.

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19.  Jellyfish

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20.  Dragon
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21.  Another view of a dragon.

  

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22.  Cuttlefish

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23.   A Fish.

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24.  Pirates.  (Great props throughout the aquarium!)
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25.  Barnacles.  They're alive.

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26.  Sea turtle.

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27.  It's another shark.

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28.  Looking at the shark.
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29.  Shark in motion.

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30.  Underside of stingray.

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31.  Stingray in flight.

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32.  Petting the stingrays.
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33.  View from outside aquarium.

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34.  Going home to Murfreesboro, TN.