Zoo Lights Part 2
When I left off my post on Wednesday, we were just getting ready to head into the heart of the Zoo lights experience at the John Ball Zoo. If you missed it, you can get caught up here. As I said, the photos I shared with you yesterday were sort of the appetizer for what we yet had in store as we made our way up the side of the hills of the zoo.
I'll tell you right now, unlike a lot of my other posts, this one is going to be mostly photos and very little text. If that is your jam then cool, I hope you like it. If you prefer more text, I'll try to do better next week!
The exhibit itself is broken up into a couple of different segments. Right before what you see above, there was a section that had the different animals of the Chinese Zodiac. I made sure to take a shot of the Dragon since that is my animal. Unfortunately, due to the crowd, I wasn't able to get the horse for @mrsbozz.
I'd say the first section was flowers, but I don't think that would be entirely accurate. I'm not actually sure what the theme was here, perhaps forest. You be the judge with the following photos.
The trails in this part of the zoo are actually set up as a series of switchbacks, so it gives you an interesting perspective on what is ahead, what is behind, and what is right in front of you. I loved the giant bees that you see above. That was probably my favorite part of this section. Especially the fact that they couldn't sting you!
As we exited the forest section, things started to become even more green if you can believe that and we eventually found ourselves in what I might call a fantasy jungle...
The greens in this area were pretty intense and it was probably my favorite area of the whole exhibit. My only complaint is that people clearly can't read the signs. The first photo is an animatronic display that had sound and movement. There was a pretty clear sign that said if you were standing to stay to the right and if you were moving along to keep to the left, but people were standing like idiots taking photos on the left.
After another small forest area, things started to take on a more aquatic theme. It was in this second forest area that we ran into the owls. I thought at first it was just noises that they were playing via speakers when I heard the distinct "who who who". It wasn't until I started looking closer that I realized we were right next to the owl enclosure. I could see their silhouette in the dark.
The last couple of photos above are another example of how the different elevations allowed you to get a different view of the lights.
The jellyfish were really cool, but as you can see I also had to get a nice shot of the Slippery When Wet sign as homage to Bon Jovi!
As you can see from some of the photos, it was hard to not get a lot of people in them. It was just that packed. I have one photo I didn't share where a lady is looking right at me. She probably thinks I was some kind of creep taking pictures of her, but really I was just trying to get a good vantage of the lights above her.
At about $30 USD per person, this wasn't the cheapest thing we did all weekend, but it was still a great time and I am glad we went. I don't know if I would do it again now that I have done it once, but it was definitely worth the trip!
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This is really beautiful.
These are fascinating for me, I can only imagine their effects on you. Lights and colors have a unique way of affecting a person, especially the one physically there in their presence. I think, that's the one reason for the light show of dubai being so popular.
You are probably right about that light show. Knowing what I do of Dubai, they likely go all out. It must be amazing!
It is.🎆
Mostly photos is great, especially when they pictures are so good.
That looks incredible. So colorful. The underwater scene is really cool! Even the trees are cool.
Thank you! I wasn't really sure what to expect, but my wife and seen photos and was determined that we make a visit. I'm glad I was able to get this crossed off her bucket list. It was certainly worth it!
Totally worth it!
This was very cool! You did a great job of minimizing the people in them, haha.
Thanks! I appreciate it. It was hard! There were so many. Even this late at night. There was a point where we let this young couple go ahead of us because they were nearly running through the exhibits, then later my wife said "how did they get behind us again?".
Wow 😲
It looks like unreal and feel like game or movie but i was wrong.
If I get a chance I will go there 😉
Did you ever play the game Unreal when it first came out? It's kind of like that for sure. Definitely other-worldly!
No I never played that game of unreal but yes I think it looks like that
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Looks like the theme was life that you find in a zoo. This looks totally worth $30 which is the cost of a burger around here...
Is it at least a good burger?
Decent burger, if you want something special that is more around here...
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That is pretty impressive and I can see why the mrs wanted to go. Looks like you got your moneys worth as well. Did she or you have a favourite. I loved the unicorn.
My favorite was the yellow jacket or the fish. I am not sure what my wife's favorite was.
Very cool.
Looks like something out of Splinterlands …
Haha yeah, a bit!
They have quite a zoo there in Grand Rapids! That display was simply stunning, what an amazing job they did putting that together. Well worth the $30 ticket price to get in, that much is for certain! That dragon is simply amazing, I can see why you placed it as the header!
People often aren't good at reading signs even when they are easy to make out. It had to be annoying dodging people on the wrong side taking pictures, but still what a cool idea they came up with there. Awesome pictures @bozz !
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Yes, they did a really good job with the lanterns and stuff. It's not nearly as nice as the one in Columbus, but I think the small size makes it easier for them to do stuff like this.
Those all look amazing, but the dragon in the first picture is the best one of them all! That is amazing, and I love how they made it look like it's breathing fire!
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It was one of the few ones that actually moved and had some "features" to it. Most of them were just static.
Oh that's awesome that they had it move as well!
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Yeah,the head moved up and down.
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What a cool event! Surely delights the eyes of anyone passing by!
It was pretty amazing!
its amazing all they have set up visiting there must have bene such fun
That owl enclosure sneaking up on you with the "who who who" calls, that’s the kind of unexpected moment that makes zoo lights worth it. Did you notice how the darkness made their silhouettes feel almost mythical against the lights? The sound alone was enough to send a chill down my spine. Wondering what other hidden details you caught that made this experience special for you.
Like I said, some of the pieces had sound and movement, so it kind of threw me at first. I thought it was all part of the show until I realized it wasn't.