Sunday, February 8, 2009

Lurking in the Shadows...


We went to the Utah Museum of Natural History yesterday. I found this fellow in the Bug display - a big, hairy tarantula. Tarantula's natural habitat is in the dessert. When it is hot, they burrow down into the ground to take shelter from the heat. This particular tarantula lives in a little case with his own special burrow. You can press a button to light up the shadowy haven and get a glimpse of the big creepy spider. To get this picture I pressed the camera up against the glass while holding down the button for the light.

5 comments:

Charles & Amanda said...

How creepy, but what a great shot!

Shanda Call said...

Wow...for being through glass wonderful shot!

Breezi@ Not Your Average Fairytale said...

That is the coolest picture! What a great interpretation of shadow!

princess jen said...

What a cool shot! I really like it. Very interesting interpretation!

Rachel Holloway said...

totally crazy!! But so cool! Way to go on this shot!!