In the Sea and in the Sky

Today it's Danielle posting again! This is a picture of the rocket launch. It was the first launch at nighttime in 4 years. The space shuttle is only piloted by 6 people! This isn't a very good picture but it's the best one. The entire sky was lit up like daytime. It was supposed to launch last Thursday but the clouds were to thick. Within 8 minutes it was 643 miles down range from the launch site traveling at 14,000 miles an hour. ZOOOOOOOOOM!

Outside the aquarium in Charleston,South Carolina. Me and my buddy the frog.

Kennedy Point Yacht Club in Florida. Close up picture of a manatee. We saw 4 manatee's. This one is a mama and her baby is hiding under her but keeps coming up for air. Every single manatee we saw had at least 3 scars from being hit by proppelors. Exept the baby. This one has a huge chunk missing from her tail.

It's Christmas time and we have a boat size live Christmas tree. It's puny. We also have a garland aroung the mast.

At the aquarium in Charleston. A GIANT sae turtle. It doesn't look as big in the picture but it's HUGE! We learned that a sea turtle can hold his breath for 45 miutes and that when it sleeps, (for about 4 hours) it slows it's heart rate to save oxygen. It slows it to 1 beat per 9 minutes! That's only 10-11 beats per hour! And our heart rate is around 70 beats per minute. I find that fascinating. We also saw jellyfish and sharks and eels and otters. They were my favorite.