Inspiration - Blue Springs, Orlando *** UPDATED with videos ***

[TimT]

I've been out of the hobby for a while, but thought you guys would appreciate these pictures I took at Blue Springs Park in Orlando.

It's a privately owned freshwater spring that is teeming with life. The water is absolutely crystal clear, and the visibility near perfect!

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And some videos: (sorry, my camera is better at pictures than videos)







Enjoy!
/Tim

 

[Daneland]

Holly cow. !!! Can we go and swim in it ?

 

[Christos Ioannou]

wow! thanks for sharing

 

[TimT]

Holly cow. !!! Can we go and swim in it ?

You can - the owner charges ~8 US$ per person per day

 

[Daneland]

I will definitely do it if I go to ,although it was not on the top of my list but now it is.
Do you know the address or website for it ?

 

[TimT]

I will definitely do it if I go to ,although it was not on the top of my list but now it is.
Do you know the address or website for it ?

http://www.bluespringspark.com/

 

[Tim Harrison]

Wow...paradise

 

[Martin in Holland]

Don't tell me that you live around the corner from that.

 

[Tim Harrison]

Just had the time to give those photos a proper look...and wow again
It almost looks as though it were scaped by the great man himself...that is Amano
Makes you realise how close his nature aquarium concept was to actual reality, and also what a great observer and artist he was distilling natures essence in to an aquarium.

P.S. I won't be going swimming in there though...aren't there alligators in Orlando

 

[TimT]

Don't tell me that you live around the corner from that.

I dont Business trip to Orlando, and then I drove the couple of hours up north to visit. Got a great deal on a rental Dodge Challenger

P.S. I won't be going swimming in there though...aren't there alligators in Orlando

Not in there Current too strong, and too many people later in the day. I had it all to myself the first couple of hours after they opened, but after that families started trickling in. Peaceful manatees have been seen when the water in the main river gets too cold. Missed those unfortunately

I'm adding some videos to the original post, stay tuned!

 

[PARAGUAY]

Fantastic camera work.Sort of puts to rest myth that the nature aquarium rarely replicates nature

 

[rebel]

Gobsmacked!

What was the maximum depth?

 

[Alexander Belchenko]

Fantastic camera work.Sort of puts to rest myth that the nature aquarium rarely replicates nature

So True!

 

[TimT]

Gobsmacked!

What was the maximum depth?

It was only really deep where the springs itself was. There I'd say it was, I don't know, 12 feet or so in the hole where the spring came up through the rocks. The creek itself was much more shallow. 3-5 feet and down to so low that you could not swim. When I stand up in the long video it is because it became too shallow to even float along the current without swimming.

 

[rebel]

It was only really deep where the springs itself was. There I'd say it was, I don't know, 12 feet or so in the hole where the spring came up through the rocks. The creek itself was much more shallow. 3-5 feet and down to so low that you could not swim. When I stand up in the long video it is because it became too shallow to even float along the current without swimming.

Thanks for the info.

I think I am going to have awesome dreams for the new few weeks at least. This is indeed heaven.

 

[Nelson]

Fantastic ,and you arrived in style with the Dodge Challenger .

 

[Manisha]

Stunning photos....really inspirational (& added to the 'to list')!