santa barbara thanksgiving post #2

[hooveraardvark]

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NO STINGING JELLYFISH LAKE = MY NARNIA

[eurekalujah]

Have you heard of this place?

The footage is from "The Living Sea," which I've been repeat-viewing for over a decade now. I watch it when I'm stressed, lol. So sooooothing. I was a sea creature in another life.

I love your holiday wrap-up. You took beautiful pictures! I would have been too scared to give the fortune-telling pirate any money; reminds me too much of Big. And the Justin Timberlake thing is true!

Also, I have to ask, seriously, what are the odds that I'd find a video incorporating jellyfish and Radiohead? I WANT PRIZES! :)

Re: NO STINGING JELLYFISH LAKE = MY NARNIA

[hooveraardvark]

ooh, i haven't! it looks awesome though. i will put that movie on my queue.

thank you! haha, seeta is kind of obsessed with the fortuneteller. i never did find the one on coney island.

if i had a prize i would give it to you! alas.

[franzeska]

It's so pretty! Wah, now I'm homesick.

The rays are actually rather friendly if you happen to go at a time when no children have been grabbing them for a while (so, like 6am 1 day per year). They'll come up and bump against your hand. It's kind of cute really. Or maybe I just went when they were younger and dumber. How long do they live anyway?

[hooveraardvark]

i don't know how long they live - i assume not that long.

i imagine they get violently grabbed a lot, so i can't blame them for wanting to stay out of the way. they feel cool and sort of leathery.

[franzeska]

They remind me of mushrooms.

[hooveraardvark]

yup, they have the same outer slimy layer.

[chih]

The jellyfish shots are gorgeous.

[hooveraardvark]

thank you!

[pedx]

Those things on the beach look just like moon jellies. You can pick them up -- the sting doesn't hurt. They're all over the place at Daytona Beach in Florida. When they lay out on the sand and under the blazing sun for awhile they get a lot harder and look a lot less organic.

[hooveraardvark]

yeah, we were wondering if they were jellyfish, but they were such hard little lumps, it was impossible to tell.

[candyapplesmile]

on our honeymoon we went to the aquarium in Newport. I took 10 thousand pictures of jellyfish. None were as good as yours.

[hooveraardvark]

aw, thank you. maybe my camera is better than i thought.