The main tank called the "Kuroshio Sea" holds 7,500-cubic meters (1,981,290 gallons) of water and features the world's second largest acrylic glass panel, measuring 8.2 meters by 22.5 meters with a thickness of 60 centimeters. Whale sharks and manta rays are kept amongst many other fish species in the main tank.
This was shot a cool new camera called a Canon 5DMKII with a 28-135mm lens.
You can view it in high quality and even go full screen! It's really amazing! I HIGHLY SUGGEST GOING FULL SCREEN!
Wait, "what is it", you ask? It's my first construction project, that's what! A wise man once said "measure twice, cut once." I never met that man. I measured once and cut four times, so the whole thing's a little wobbly. Oh well, it's not like we're going to be pouring drinks on it, right? Onward and upward, I say! As long as I find a bracket to support this contraption if it goes too far upward...
Sand artist Kseniya Simonova, winner of Ukraine's Got Talent, becomes internet hit
Miss Simonova, 24, drew a series of pictures on an illuminated sand table showing how ordinary people were affected by the German invasion during World War II.
One video clip of her work on the television talent show has been viewed by two million users alone.
The images, projected onto a large screen, moved many in the audience to tears and she won the top prize of about £75,000.
She begins by creating a scene showing a couple sitting holding hands on a bench under a starry sky, but then warplanes appear and the happy scene is obliterated.
It is replaced by a woman’s face crying, but then a baby arrives and the woman smiles again. Once again war returns and Miss Simonova throws the sand into chaos from which a young woman’s face appears.
She quickly becomes an old widow, her face wrinkled and sad, before the image turns into a monument to an Unknown Soldier.
This outdoor scene becomes framed by a window as if the viewer is looking out on the monument from within a house.
In the final scene, a mother and child appear inside and a man standing outside, with his hands pressed against the glass, saying goodbye.
The Great Patriotic War, as it is called in Ukraine, resulted in one in four of the population being killed with eight to 11 million deaths out of a population of 42 million.
This is the view I can see from the restaurant I work at now. Its on the 18th floor of a hotel right on the coast. It has 365 degree view of the ocean, the beach, and the city. It's literally breath taking!
