The Aquarium & Rainforest at the Pittsburgh Zoo

The attractions offered at the zoo included a rain forest & a small aquarium. As with the National Aquarium I loved the rain forest with it's lush greenery, colorful flowers, & peaceful waterfalls.

One variety of flower from the rainforest.

Jellyfish. I could have watched the graceful movement & beautiful colors all day!

Housekeeping. imagine dressing in your scuba gear, grabbing your scrub brush & hitting the tank to clean the coral & rocks. There were 3 divers scrubbing away in the tank.
Nolan & his Mom, Jerri looking up at Josh & I.

National Aquarium Rainforest

As mentioned in a previous post the Rainforest was my favorite area of the National Aquarium. I seemed to have as much trouble focusing the camera here as I did anywhere else. It was difficult for me to think about manual focusing with everything else that was going on so I stuck with autofocus. Hopefully, one day, I will have a second chance.

Beautiful flowers
Beautiful birds & waterfalls

Beautiful plants

Nice to see our houseplants in a native setting, not Walmart!

Delightful bird calls

Would I like to visit a rainforest along the equator? Snakes (big ones), bugs (more big ones), heat & humidity. I got enough of a peep to know a rainforest has to be beautiful, but that's a great big NO! I' ll stick with the controlled (safe) environment offered at the National Aquarium.