Show threadAdrianna TanNov 22, 2024
Maybe it shows I spend a lot of time looking at jellyfish but I got in this morning and was like NEW JELLY
Show threadAdrianna TanNov 23, 2024
Pacific sardines
Show threadAdrianna TanNov 23, 2024

Some photos of the outside

https://hachyderm.io/@skinnylatte/113523907297130686

Adrianna Tan (@skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)

Attached: 2 images It’s hard to leave work sometimes! #Photography #Monterey #California

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Show threadAdrianna TanDec 10, 2024

I went for a walk at lunch

#Monterey #MontereyBayAquarium #Kelp

Show threadAdrianna TanDec 10, 2024
I met some of my coworkers
Show threadAdrianna TanDec 10, 2024
I love going to see the jellies
Show threadAdrianna TanDec 11, 2024
A coworker showed me her anglerfish plush toy
Show threadAdrianna TanDec 11, 2024
Many of my days in Monterey kick off here. It’s the coffee spot near work I tend to have breakfast meetings at, and also the mid point stop on my bike ride there.
Show threadAdrianna TanDec 11, 2024
Some days I feel like I’m in a John Steinbeck novel
Show threadAdrianna TanDec 12, 2024
More jelly
Show threadAdrianna TanDec 13, 2024
Can’t believe I get to see penguins while I’m at work
Show threadAdrianna TanDec 18, 2024
View from an office window (and I work in one of the ‘boring’ office buildings, not at the main aquarium). They all have pretty good views I think
Show threadAdrianna TanDec 18, 2024

Pufffy

#Birds #Puffins

Show threadAdrianna TanDec 19, 2024
I get notes with fish on them
Show threadAdrianna TanDec 19, 2024
View from my lunch meeting
Show threadAdrianna TanDec 21, 2024

The kelp forest exhibit says something like ‘you always know it’s a rockfish when it’s just laying there not moving’

Same

Show threadAdrianna TanJan 9

Birds before work (I went through a secret door to find some cormorants)

#Birds #Monterey #Birding

Show threadAdrianna TanJan 9

I’m obsessed with the egg yolk jellies

#jellyfish #marine #monterey

Show threadAdrianna TanJan 10
My wife is in town (very rare!) so we took a nice evening stroll from the aquarium to the Sandbar
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 10

Bloody-belly comb jelly. Can’t believe I get to see this at work

https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/animals-a-to-z/bloodybelly-comb-jelly

Show threadAdrianna TanJan 10
Black necked stilts at our onsite aviary (which rehabilitates and releases injured birds, and keeps those who can’t be released)
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 10
The ‘wave crash’ feature at the Monterey Bay Aquarium
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 10
GIANT sea bass
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 10

I love this pic I took of the avocet this morning. I went to the aviary this morning before we opened and I had the whole place to myself

#Birding #Avocet #Shorebirds

Show threadAdrianna TanJan 11
Baby birb (snowy plover)
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 14
I like to take the scenic route to my office (past the kelp forest)
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 14
The back deck when there’s no one there is really cool
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 22

I don’t know if you know how big this tank is

You can also se inside here https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/live-cams/kelp-forest-cam

Show threadAdrianna TanJan 22
The round blob in the top center is a southern sea otter frolicking by herself
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 22

Lunch with a view

#Birding #Cormorants

Show threadAdrianna TanJan 23

Seen around the office.

1. Sunfish costume (!!)
2. Penguin plushie

Show threadAdrianna TanJan 28
Pacific sardines at the roundabout
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 28
I sea you
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 28
Same window, a few seconds apart
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 28
The world feels weird. I’m just going to work by a window
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 29
I love that this penguin waddled over to ‘chat’
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 29
I need to not buy all the things at the store
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 29
Honk.
Show threadAdrianna TanMar 12
I think I am floundering (but actually it’s a mola mola)
Show threadAdrianna TanMar 13

I went to hang out with my friend, Ray

(You can watch the live stream too: https://www.youtube.com/live/QXhVdEyLRT0)

#Marine #Monterey #MontereyBayAquarium

Live Open Sea Cam - Monterey Bay Aquarium

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Show threadAdrianna Tan
A coworker was waving at me from inside the shark tank.
Mar 21 at 10:48pmWeb
Show threadAdrianna TanMar 22
I went to see my friend. He’s the bass.
Show threadAdrianna TanMar 22

Black sea nettles

https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/animals-a-to-z/jellies

Show threadAdrianna TanMar 22
My evening commute (I waited till closing time and for all guests to leave, then I went to hang out at the open sea exhibit by myself)
Show threadAdrianna TanMar 24

I saw this on a coworker’s desk (she works with the birds)

#Birds #Birding #Puffins

Show threadAdrianna TanMar 24
Room with a view
Show threadAdrianna TanMar 29
Let me kelp you
Show threadAdrianna TanApr 16

I have puffins at my workplace

#Birds #Birding #Puffins #Marine

Show threadAdrianna TanApr 16
I didn’t realize I loved sea nettles and jellyfish so much
Show threadAdrianna TanApr 18
Shark
Show threadAdrianna TanApr 18
Ray of hope
Show threadAdrianna TanApr 18
Sardines
Show threadAdrianna TanApr 29
Do the black sea nettles know they’re beautiful
Show threadAdrianna TanApr 29
Debut of Opal, our one year old otter that was named by the Internet
Show threadAdrianna TanMay 1
I adore puffins
Show threadnerd teacher 🦇Apr 29
@skinnylatte I'm so glad this otter got a good name, lmao.
Show threadKaren BrunerApr 29
@skinnylatte look at those big flipper feet!
Show threadJust BobyApr 18
@skinnylatte This looks magical
Show threadAdrianna TanApr 18
@boby_biq there’s also cool music when you see it
Show threadMatt MascarenhasApr 18
@skinnylatte @boby_biq Just made this flood into my mind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFeFm8i2RjE
Manta Tech Demo 1 Playstation 1 HD

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Show threadSaad AzimApr 18
@boby_biq @skinnylatte I second that "This looks magical". :)
Show threadAdrianna TanApr 18

@saadazim @boby_biq a video about the ‘roof of sardines’

https://youtu.be/vXWrbmBlmyA

Roof Made of Sardines ? What an Architectural Design "World Famous Monterey Bay Aquarium, California

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Show threadSaad AzimApr 18
@skinnylatte @boby_biq Oh that is *BEAUTIFUL*! ^_^
Show threadUNREALApr 18
@skinnylatte This is probably my favorite exhibit at every aquarium but Monterey does it the best.
Show threadFishyApr 18
@skinnylatte MBA?
Show threadAdrianna TanApr 18
@trtmn yes! i work there
Show threadlisa cApr 18
@skinnylatte can you go through the aquarium before and after hours when there are no visitors?
Show threadAdrianna TanApr 18
@lmc of course! :)
Show threadvoided warrantyApr 18
@skinnylatte Leopard shark!
Show threadlisa cApr 18
@skinnylatte ooh I like this.
Show threadGoopadrewApr 18
@skinnylatte woah this looks like something straight out of Subnautica
Show threadSindarina, Edge Case DetectiveApr 18
@skinnylatte Polka dot shark!
Show threadTiia HurmeApr 17
@skinnylatte They are beautiful creatures 💙🧡🤍
Show threadRamiroApr 17
@skinnylatte I think I have more jellyfish pictures in my phone than I do humans
Show threadRamiroApr 17
@skinnylatte I caught these beautiful creature s there in 2016
Show threadAnders von Hadern 🐦‍🔥Mar 29
@skinnylatte Sure, I get high with a little kelp from my friends <3
Show threadLinda Rose SmitMar 29
@skinnylatte Monterey?
Show threadUNREALMar 24
@skinnylatte wow
Show threadrednikkiMar 24
@skinnylatte I rarely see an angle on Monterey I've never seen before, but you found one!
Show threadAdrianna TanMar 24
@rednikki hehe, access to all the aquarium buildings along cannery row helps
Show threadlisa cMar 24
@skinnylatte so pretty
Show threadEmma Loves ☕️Mar 24
@skinnylatte I should had made time to go see some puffins when I was in Iceland back in 2018.
Show threadAdrianna TanMar 24
@emma I’ve seen a bunch in the Farallon Islands. And the aquarium!
Show threadEmma Loves ☕️Mar 24
@skinnylatte oh cool! I've been meaning to take one of those tours out to the Farallons, and of course Cyn and I need to make a day trip to the Aquarium.
Show threadAdrianna TanMar 24

@emma do the ones with Alvarado adventures. Cheaper than the expedition and tourist boats. It’s a birding boat but it ends up being very similar, and cheaper

Lemme know if you plan a trip to the aquarium. I would suggest staying over a night to break it up. It’s close but not that close.

Show threadKevin RiggleMar 24
@skinnylatte I am told that the way one gives a penguin an MRI is one puts it in a traffic cone
Show threadKevin RiggleMar 24
@skinnylatte (partner works in vet med, with MRIs albeit not with penguins)
Show threadAdrianna TanMar 24

@kevinriggle penguin at the vet

https://youtu.be/JR7vItMNyTU?si=UcUGbWShz7XfNX3r

Rey The Penguin And Dr. Mike Tour Our Animal Care Center!

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Show threadKevin RiggleMar 25
@skinnylatte that’s _delightful_ 😍
Show threadGoing T. MaineMar 22
@skinnylatte jelly
Show threadrednikkiMar 22
@skinnylatte I cannot tell you how envious I am.
Show threadYes, *that* dawn personMar 22
@skinnylatte You have the best job, and you have earned it.
Show threadUNREALMar 22

@skinnylatte

Well is he your bass or your friend??

Show threadAdrianna TanMar 22
@noondlyt the bass friend I’ve ever had
Show threadUNREALMar 22

@skinnylatte

Thank Cod for them.

Show threadPhil Stevens Mar 22
@skinnylatte How low can he go?
Show threadBram MoreinisMar 22
@skinnylatte it’s all about the bass.
Show threadpiku    minor!Mar 22
@skinnylatte no braine, it's not a bass, it's a bass
choir is rotting my phonetic ability for bass
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Show threadAdrianna TanDec 18, 2024
View from an office window (and I work in one of the ‘boring’ office buildings, not at the main aquarium). They all have pretty good views I think
Show threadAdrianna TanDec 18, 2024

Pufffy

#Birds #Puffins

Show threadAdrianna TanDec 19, 2024
I get notes with fish on them
Show threadAdrianna TanDec 19, 2024
View from my lunch meeting
Show threadAdrianna TanDec 21, 2024

The kelp forest exhibit says something like ‘you always know it’s a rockfish when it’s just laying there not moving’

Same

Show threadAdrianna TanJan 9

Birds before work (I went through a secret door to find some cormorants)

#Birds #Monterey #Birding

Show threadAdrianna TanJan 9

I’m obsessed with the egg yolk jellies

#jellyfish #marine #monterey

Show threadAdrianna TanJan 10
My wife is in town (very rare!) so we took a nice evening stroll from the aquarium to the Sandbar
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 10

Bloody-belly comb jelly. Can’t believe I get to see this at work

https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/animals-a-to-z/bloodybelly-comb-jelly

Show threadAdrianna TanJan 10
Black necked stilts at our onsite aviary (which rehabilitates and releases injured birds, and keeps those who can’t be released)
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 10
The ‘wave crash’ feature at the Monterey Bay Aquarium
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 10
GIANT sea bass
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 10

I love this pic I took of the avocet this morning. I went to the aviary this morning before we opened and I had the whole place to myself

#Birding #Avocet #Shorebirds

Show threadAdrianna TanJan 11
Baby birb (snowy plover)
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 14
I like to take the scenic route to my office (past the kelp forest)
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 14
The back deck when there’s no one there is really cool
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 22

I don’t know if you know how big this tank is

You can also se inside here https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/live-cams/kelp-forest-cam

Show threadkimothy siddonJan 14
@skinnylatte monterey bay aquarium is such a nice building, it's been a while since I've been there but i have fond memories
Show threadsb arms & legsJan 10

@skinnylatte
Lookit those getaway sticks!

These guys are awesome!

Show threadScott 🇯🇲 🇺🇸Jan 10
@skinnylatte It’s definitely striking a pose for your camera 😆
Show threadranjitJan 10
@skinnylatte You have the best job!
Show threadDavid McMullinJan 10
@skinnylatte
Feels kinda Fred Astaire somehow.
Show threadMarge吴静玫Jan 10
@skinnylatte Lovely! How many species in the aviary?
Show threadRamiroJan 10
@skinnylatte ooh actually, could you be my person on the inside? I love visiting when there's a giant sunfish / mola mola on display but I know they have difficulty keeping them too long because of how fast they grow
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 10
@ramiro ooh I will ask someone
Show threadJosh Jan 10
@skinnylatte the photo really does not convey how ridiculously big they are.
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 10
@josh0 280-500 lbs!
Show threadAmin Hollon 🏳Jan 10

@skinnylatte

Oh, I've gotta visit this some day…

amends bucket list accordingly

Show threadAdrianna TanJan 10
@amin lemme know! We can go whale watching ;)
Show threadAmin Hollon 🏳Jan 10

@skinnylatte

Oooh, haven't done that since South Africa! And I was a little 'un.

Show threadRebecca WallaceJan 10
@amin It's absolutely wonderful. The best aquarium, hands down, I've ever seen. We used to live in Monterey County and didn't go there enough.
Show threadAmin Hollon 🏳Jan 10

@wallacewords

A ringing endorsement!

Hm, been a long time since I've been to an aquarium, actually. There's one I've been to in California but I don't remember which…

Show threadyelling jackalJan 10
@skinnylatte Oooh I loved that part of the aquarium the most! The person there told us all about one bird that was surrendered by someone, the bird didn't know how to get along with other birds and got bullied so they built it its own lil island section 
Show threadJames B ToyJan 10
@skinnylatte cormorants convene on Cannery component.
Show threadalexa lake Jan 9
@skinnylatte
A photographer's natural affinity for anything near teal-orange 😉
Show threadDavid ThomsonJan 9
@skinnylatte that looks amazing, and also like it is dangerous to the touch…
Show threadLydia SchochJan 9
@skinnylatte @blogdiva Jellyfish are so cool.
Show threadAgas Ramirez 🎙️Jan 10
@skinnylatte I did not know these existed 🤩
Show threadDuchess of UmbrageJan 10
@skinnylatte WHOA
Show threadJoan AlbrightJan 9
@skinnylatte I see they're observing their social distance today
Show threadSindarina, Edge Case DetectiveDec 21, 2024
@skinnylatte Mood, to be honest.
Show threadMichael PotterDec 19, 2024
@skinnylatte Okay, a bit jelly.
Show threadkfDec 19, 2024
@skinnylatte this is giving elementary school teacher aesthetic in the best possible way
Show threadAmanda BeeDec 19, 2024
@skinnylatte I can't really move, definitely don't want to commute, and I like my job just fine. And yet. I did just look up the job listings page (https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/about-us/job-opportunities if you're similarly intrigued)
Show threadZack SternDec 18, 2024
@skinnylatte byo squids.
Show threadZack SternDec 18, 2024
@skinnylatte this one has a handle, you can take animals from the main tanks on loan for the day.
Show threadAdrianna TanDec 18, 2024
@zackstern heh
Show threadM.S. Bellows, Jr.Dec 18, 2024

@skinnylatte Holy crap. That's gorgeous.

Back in the day, I chose to remain in Los Angeles rather than accept a job offer in Monterey, because the girl I was dating was not in a position to leave.

Fast forward a few decades. We've been married for 32 years, she is the best wife I can conceive of, we live in a suburb of beautiful Portland, I have no regrets...

... but hell yes, I still think of what might have been.

Show threadRealGravitas -Citizen SaboteurDec 18, 2024
@skinnylatte Is that Hopkins?
Show threadAdrianna TanDec 18, 2024
@CWilbur Hopkins is to the left... a bit? out of frame. That's the American Cannery building that will soon be hotel
Show threadRealGravitas -Citizen SaboteurDec 18, 2024
@skinnylatte Wow how things change! Anyway, you're not far from Butterfly Beach, which is named for, not Monarchs, but the "butterfly" shells that washed up on the beach (Blue Chiton segments) that look like little blue butterflies.
Show threadRealGravitas -Citizen SaboteurDec 18, 2024
@skinnylatte Here’s a shot my great great uncle Ray took of Butterfly Beach (left) and Point Cabrillo (right) back in the late 19-aughts. He went on to become President of Stanford and was pretty instrumental in the development of the marine research station.
Show threadAdrianna TanDec 18, 2024
@CWilbur oh wow!!
Show threadDouglasDec 18, 2024

@CWilbur @skinnylatte do we want to ask the question where your relative was on 16-17 May 1906?

😬😬😬

Show threadRealGravitas -Citizen SaboteurDec 18, 2024

@douglasvb @skinnylatte What? You mean April 18th? I'm honestly not sure. I'll have to look it up in his bio. Pretty likely he was in California... somewhere. Mostly likely between Stanford and SF, although it was possible he was in southern Arizona collecting specimens. Stay tuned!

I had other relatives living in Modesto, and the quake there did knock a few people out of bed. Another great great uncle - Walter was an enterprising young man at the time (I had the chance to interview him in 1974) He took a team and a "truck" (an open wagon) up to the city to help with the reconstruction.

Show threadDouglasDec 18, 2024

@CWilbur @skinnylatte the May 16-17 timeframe was when the Chinese fishing village that had been where Hopkins is today burned down which conveniently cleared the way for Hopkins to be built.

https://seaside.stanford.edu/point-alones-chinese-fishing-village-0

Point Alones Chinese Fishing Village

Seaside
Show threadRealGravitas -Citizen SaboteurDec 18, 2024
@douglasvb @skinnylatte Oh. I was unaware of that. Now I definitely have to look it up.
Show threadDouglasDec 18, 2024
@CWilbur @skinnylatte I didn't realize the Marine station is also built on the Chinese cemetery. That place has to be haunted 😬
Show threadRealGravitas -Citizen SaboteurDec 18, 2024
@douglasvb @skinnylatte Don’t know anything about no ghosts. I do remember the Feast of Lanterns; dressed up little boats doing their annual tour of the rocky coast on an early summer evening. I was typically there at Lovers Point in the summers as a lad in the 60’s. Always great fun exploring the coast in the early mornings, from Lovers Point to Cannery Row.
I did get my facts wrong from earlier. Uncle Ray went to Arizona much earlier. By the time May of 1906 came around, he was already dean of physiology at Stanford, and was too busy helping to repair the earthquake damage to hop on down to Monterey to start a fire. So the mystery remains unsolved. 🤷‍♂️
Show threadDouglasDec 18, 2024
@CWilbur @skinnylatte
Show threadRealGravitas -Citizen SaboteurDec 19, 2024
@douglasvb @skinnylatte Love your alt text on Shirley Temple.