Aquarium Tunnels

Ohio History

Pink Starfish

To enter each new section in the Newport Aquarium, we had to pass under a tank of fish. Yes, I mean under: there were tunnels made of clear glass (very thick glass, I hope!) which went right through a giant aquarium. The photo below is a view of the tunnel between the World Rivers and Shore Gallery sections, and was home to some of the less-than-pretty fish species. The algae-eater was directly above our heads as we passed through!

In contrast, the tunnel out of the Shore Gallery held some very pretty aquatic life, including the pink starfish in the picture above. It was actually stuck to the inside of the glass in the tunnel. I'd never seen the underside of a starfish before!

Looking Up In the Tunnel