Almost seems unreal.

[hamiltonguy]

I don't know where this is but mean is this nice!
I'm not going to give any info but you have to check it out!

http://www.wimp.com/sweetaquarium/

 

[fishnub]

wow, that is neat, id love to see that in person

 

[kevantheman35]

looks computerized or something. anyone know where it is?

 

[ang_99]

Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium



http://www.kaiyouhaku.com/en/index.html

I think they just pump NSW from the ocean right into the aquarium.


About 20 dollar admission fee.

 

[munitalpeno]

very impressive , moody gardens in Galveston TX has a similar setup.

 

[ddinox64]

Nice. But I just spent the last 2 and 1/2 hours watching videos thank you.

 

[Whys]

You sure that isn't a plasma screen? Something about that video looks very CG'ed.

 

[BFG]

If I'm not wrong Discovery or National Geographic channel has a documentary about this place. The acrylic that you are looking at is not made of a single piece but multiple panel of acrylic joint together on site.

 

[Whys]

Is it April 1st again already?

Notice the complete lack of behavioral interaction between the many many many fish. In fact, the only interaction would seem to be the casting of shadows while everything moves at a constant unchanging speed. I even wonder if the people in the foreground are real.

I'm not gonna pay $20 to watch a screen saver, thank you.

 

[shay]

It is not made up . it is the Okinawa aquarium's main tank.

 

[WrinkleFreeZone]

Ang_99 is right. It's the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium. Here's some information for those of you that are doubting: The main tank shown in this video is called the 'Kuroshio Sea.' It holds 1,981,290 gallons. The acrylic panel measures 8.2 meters by 22.5 meters with a thickness of 60 centimeters. In case you don't recognize them, the larger rays are actually mantas. Unbelievable.
-B

 

[Imzadi]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15377387#post15377387 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Whys
Is it April 1st again already?

Notice the complete lack of behavioral interaction between the many many many fish. In fact, the only interaction would seem to be the casting of shadows while everything moves at a constant unchanging speed. I even wonder if the people in the foreground are real.

I'm not gonna pay $20 to watch a screen saver, thank you.

Sad really... How anything amazing like this is immediately doubted by people trapped in front of their computer monitors, and proclaimed CGI FAKES. Keep your $20, and keep your screensaver... I would pay 5 times that to be one of the CGI patrons that get the opportunity to witness such a spectacle. They have a web-site, negative Nancy, you would think that they would be proclaimed a scam, if they didn't produce the goods.

Sad...

 

[Whys]

:lol:

Okay, I guess they put valium in the water then. Normally sea creatures react to one another. You know, occasionally speed up or slow down, turn quickly. But believe what you like.

 

[James77]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15377500#post15377500 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Whys
:lol:

Okay, I guess they put valium in the water then. Normally sea creatures react to one another. You know, occasionally speed up or slow down, turn quickly. But believe what you like.

Maybe you should google "Okinawa Aquarium" ?

It is real

 

[James77]

Whys, maybe TIME is in on the gag also?

http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1734666_1734665,00.html

 

[guinness0514]

buzzkill?

buzzkill?

call me a buzzkill, but i personally think it is a little sad. the bigger guys in that tank like to roam for miles and miles of ocean and they are confined to a small box in their perspective. Don't get me wrong, it's beautiful and i would probably pay to see it...I guess I am just a big softy and see it as a little sad...

 

[ChknWing]

Yeah I knew which aquarium it was immediately b/cI watched the documentary of them building it on NGC. Also if you've ever been to the Georgia aquarium website you'd know that only Japan and the Georgia Aquarium have whale sharks on display in the world (I'm pretty sure) And that is deff not the GA aquarium. But seriously that viewing pane is truly wonderous it is huge.

 

[ChknWing]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15377021#post15377021 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Whys
You sure that isn't a plasma screen? Something about that video looks very CG'ed.

True CG is starting to look more and more like real life every year... I could see how you could mistake something real for CG then

 

[Imzadi]

Re: buzzkill?

Re: buzzkill?

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15377554#post15377554 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by guinness0514
call me a buzzkill, but i personally think it is a little sad. the bigger guys in that tank like to roam for miles and miles of ocean and they are confined to a small box in their perspective. Don't get me wrong, it's beautiful and i would probably pay to see it...I guess I am just a big softy and see it as a little sad...

Agreed. The only saving grace for me is that they roam in search of food... and in there they are catered to. No, storms no whalers ('cept the ones that come visit)...

But yea, the same moral dilemma as the little guys we have in our tanks... just multiplied by a thousand...

 

[Imzadi]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15377569#post15377569 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ChknWing
True CG is starting to look more and more like real life every year... I could see how you could mistake something real for CG then

and if they never left the basement.