Photo number one was taken just the other day at Silver Springs Park in Ocala...it is one of the glass bottom boats now in daily use at the park. The second photo is an older model glass bottom boat which was used some years ago in an archeological dig at the park known as the Discovery Expedition.
For an original glass bottom boat, please check out a post by Lois at Tallahassee Daily Photo here.
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WOW! That looks like great fun! I'd love to go out in it! Cool captures!!
I read Lois' post yesterday. My how the design has changed. Nice shots Jacob. It sort of helps bring the subject up to today.
ca doit etre formidable a voir et la premiere photo est superbe,les gens ont l air captives !
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It looks like it could be fun. Is that Eel Grass pictured there? What was discovered on the Discovery Expedition?
We have lots of Eagles out here and I would not like them to know you even thought of violating an Eagle Crossing. And what does that mean anyway? MB
j'aimerais bien faire une ballade comme ça, voir les bas fonds marins, cela doit être bien.
This must be really a wonderfu experiencel Exploration of what's there beneath the clear waters! And what a coincidence, Up Next, I'm also gonna post pics of photos taken from a glass-bottom boat in Andaman. :-)
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That really looks like a great tour! Are there lots of fishies to see?
After some of your posts, anything on the water of Florida bring to my mind the word 'gator'...
looks like everybody is praying for a goosd sighting!
lovely capture!
I've always wanted to ride in one of the these and view the life beneath!
Looks like you can reach down and grab something.
I went on one in Key West once. I got incredibly sea sick. But it was spectacular.
Is that boat brand-new? Maiden voyage?
Quite a difference in the size of the viewing window in the present day boats! I haven't been to Silver Springs in a long time and this is making me want to take a trip. Great photos Jacob and thanks for the link! Also you and Frank are cracking me up in the comments. I have a post planned for him featuring pictures of old cigar boxes from Tampa.
@ Safe Leif - Brand new? Nooooo. But it still works.
@ Lois - Ol' Frank will like your post on old cigar boxes...perhaps more apt, though, for him, is a post on old cigar smokers! Heh. Heh.
You know, I have never taken a glass bottom boat tour....I want to.
@ Brattcat - I'm not sure you being incredibly seasick was all that spectacular, but, if you say so! ;-)
Ok, this is the kind of glass-bottom boat I know. What fun!!
@ Vogon Poet - And, there are many gators in these waters...you can see them sunning themselves on the banks as you take the glass bottom boat trip and the other river cruises...
@ Hilda - lots of fishies, from bream to large-mouth bass or gar (some of the latter reaching 4 feet in length!) Lot of turtles, too, and anhingas, and alligators...oh, and monkeys (sometimes)...
Fabulous ... I would love to spend time on that boat
@ Small City Scenes - Yes, that's eel grass, used by the natives for just about everything...the Discovery expedition uncovered a number of artifacts, but if I remember correctly, the biggie was digging out a Mastodon skeleton from a few years back.
Re: violating an Eagle crossing. I don't have a clue what I meant...sometimes I write silly stuff just to be silly...
What a great way to see what's underwater without having to don a wet suit, goggles, and flippers!
How fun! I have to do this on my next trip to FL!
I love underwater sights..
Could stay for hours looking at the movements!!
OLD cigar smokers? To be perfectly clear, is that OLD cigars? OR OLD smokers?
In either case, you won't find them while looking through glass bottomed boats. ( I understand Jacob that you carved that original wooden boat that Lois posted. True, right? And fought gators with your bare hands?)
I can't wait to see what Lois posts on cigar boxes.
That is so great to see. My parents took me and my sisters to Florida when we were very young and the thing I remember most about that trip was going for a ride on the glass bottom boat. Thanks for the memories!
Ughh... I'd panic if there was an alligator below.
I prefer snorkling or diving but have to agree it must be great watching the bottom of sea and not get wet! :-)))
@ Jarat - You know, it's very likely you were at Silver Springs Park...it was a huge attraction in the days before Disney!
@ Frank - I think we're talking about "old smokers." But then old smokers sometimes have a problem distinguishing old from fresh cigars!
I have to admit I've never fought alligators with my bare hands. But there was a fellow at the park who did so...of course it was a little gator, but still...
Try to stay calm, the cigar box post is coming!
I love these boats, great shots!
This is so interesting! The other day I saw in a magazine even an underwater hotel room, can you imagine that?
God bless you!
Cezar
Fascinating! That is a great way to learn the mysteries of the underwater world. I bet there's a lot to discover. Fabulous shots!
One thing I forgot to say earlier, it seems your competition with Hagen for followers go very close everyday.
Not sure when it turns to be in my interest. Both of you are funny.
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@ Beachlike - I'm not in competition...Hagen lives in Minnesota and people's brains tend to freeze up in that cold climate!
Oh wow. I'm glad I came back because I missed this cool post. T hat looks so fun.
Believe me I wasn't complaining, I love Paris, hate crowds and cold weather doesn't bother me.
I'm getting nostalgic for Paris too. I actually wanted to go next month when we take our vacation, but Vicki made the point about not going twice in one year, plenty of other places to see. etc etc. I love Paris! :-)
I have to comment on Jacob's comment. I live in Memphis, it's warm most of the time, but my brain freezes up here too. I'm sure it has nothing to do with aging, though.
@ Memphis M - I'm not gonna comment on your brain 'cause I have a feeling it runs in high gear most of the time...but Hagen, that's another story...it may not be Minnesota at all...it maybe something even more serious, like an addiction to silliness.
Or, and this is a good possibility, he slipped on the ice and hit his head many years go...
That's easy to do 'cause I used to live in Minnesota and fell once or twice before...did a lot of damage to the ice!
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