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Chicago - Labor Day Weekend, 2005
 


A panorama of Downtown Chicago, taken from the Shedd Aquarium Steps.
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The Hilton we stayed at.
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View of the Navy Pier from the hotel
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The Sears Tower from across the park
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Looking up at the Hancock Building from the base
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Me atop the Hancock Building
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Megan atop the Hancock Building
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Looking to the west from the Hancock
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Capturing the sunset from the Hancock Building
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Looking down at the Navy Pier
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A weird glass structure at Memorial Park, with water flowing down it. It would change colors
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The opposite side had the image of a face, which would change
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People would congregate between the two structures, and play in the water
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Shedd Aquarium and Field Museum
 

We went to the aquarium early, so I got a chance to take pictures of these without lots of screaming kids around
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I mainly wanted to take these pictures to practice taking close shots of smaller things
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Even though these were low light, I was trying to get clearer shots
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A lot of these may become my background for my Windows desktop
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A Moray Eel
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This one looks like an American Flag, although its not named after it
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They had a dophin show, which was pretty impressive
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A Beluga Whale, they had two
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Megan infront of the large tank, which held many sharks
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Sue, the largest T-Rex skeleton, is at the Field Museum
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