Albuquerque Aquarium welcomes kids and adults for the night.
Jackie Flores checks out the jellyfish tank at the Albuquerque Aquarium before hunting for a place to sleep for the night. Flores and the James Monroe Middle School geography club took part in a recent sleepover at the aquarium, an opportunity that comes along eight times a year for 60 people at a time.
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Bedding down for the night, (from left) Doug Hamann gazes into a tank at the Albuquerque Aquarium as his wife, Jenn, reads a story to son Braden and Michael Rodriguez, both age 4. Next to them is Kara Rodriguez, 7. Lights in the tank are typically turned off at night to give the fish a rest; a photographer's flash lights the tank here. Sleepover participants can choose any spot in the aquarium, and most settle down between 10:30 and 11 p.m.
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Tom Thorpe carries blankets, pillows and an inflatable mattress out of the aquarium after spending the night there as a chaperone for the James Monroe Middle School geography club.
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Max Hattenbach, 3, shows off an eel skull to his father as they tour the aquarium looking for a spot to sleep.
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