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Photos of the new California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco
mongabay.com
September 19, 2008




The new California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco's Golden Park will open its doors to the general public for the first time on the weekend of September 27-28.

The new facility was designed and constructed to minimize its impact on the environment, employing wide range of energy-saving materials and technologies. The building features a 2.5-acre living roof which captures rainwater that is filtered through the Academy's state-of-the-art living rainforest exhibit. Other exhibits include a planetarium, an aquarium, and a natural history museum. The also facility houses the Academy's renowned research institution.

To mark the public opening of the Academy on the weekend of the September 27-28 there will be a celebration inside and outside the new facility. Admission will be free on Saturday the 27th and the museum will be open with extended hours on both days. The Academy's lead corporate sponsor, PG&E, will be presenting green living tips and there will be food and live entertainment from around the world.

For a preview, check out these pictures — taken September 12 — of the new facility. The rainforest exhibit had not yet been completed at the time of the visit.

[Note: rainforest photos added 10/24/2008]


Academy ceiling as seen through the Amazon flooded forest aquarium exhibit


Amazon fish seen through the flooded forest tunnel


Arowana and other fish seen through the Amazon flooded forest tunnel


Rainforest tree as seen from below the exhibit, in the Amazon flooded forest tunnel


Cardinal tetra tank in the Amazon flooded forest exhibit


Cardinal tetra tank in the Amazon flooded forest exhibit at the California Academy of Sciences


Pacific coast marine tank


Kelp forest marine tank


Philippine reef tank


Philippine reef aquarium


Sea anemones


Colorful clam


Soft coral

Madagascar leaf-nosed snake (Langaha madagascariensis)
Madagascar leaf-nosed snake (Langaha madagascariensis)


Madagascar Tomato Frog (Dyscophus antongilii)
Madagascar Tomato Frog (Dyscophus antongilii)


Giant day gecko (Phelsuma grandis)
Giant day gecko (Phelsuma grandis)


Vietnamese mossy frog (Theloderma corticale)
Vietnamese mossy frog (Theloderma corticale)


Giant leaf-tail gecko (Uroplatus fimbriatus)
Giant leaf-tail gecko (Uroplatus fimbriatus)


Madagascar leaf-nosed snake (Langaha madagascariensis)
Madagascar leaf-nosed snake (Langaha madagascariensis)


Jellyfish
Jellyfish


Phyllobates vittatus poison dart frog
Phyllobates vittatus poison dart frog



Lion fish


Stonefish


Moray eel with cleaner shrimp


Cleaner shrimp


Moray eel with cleaner shrimp


Waxy monkey tree frog


Electric-blue day gecko


Waxy monkey frog


Kelp forest marine aquarium


Kelp forest marine exhibit


Egyptian spiny-tailed lizard


Philippine reef exhibit


Alligator gar with a peak at the main aquarium area of the new CA Academy


Rainforest dome

Klemmer's Yellow-headed Day Gecko (Phelsuma klemmeri)
Klemmer's Yellow-headed Day Gecko (Phelsuma klemmeri)


Green Mantella (Mantella viridis)
Green Mantella (Mantella viridis)


Amazon flooded forest section of the new CA Academy of Sciences in San Francisco
Amazon flooded forest section of the new CA Academy of Sciences in San Francisco


Indoor rainforest in the new CA Academy of Sciences in San Francisco
Indoor rainforest in the new CA Academy of Sciences in San Francisco


South American Leaf Fish (Monocirrhus polyacanthus)
South American Leaf Fish (Monocirrhus polyacanthus)


4-story rainforest in the new CA Academy of Sciences in San Francisco
4-story rainforest in the new CA Academy of Sciences in San Francisco


Madagascar giant day gecko (Phelsuma grandis)
Madagascar giant day gecko (Phelsuma grandis)



Rainforest dome


Planetarium


Series of exhibits on climate change, Madagascar, Academy research, and evolution among other topics


View of the de Young museum from the living roof of the Academy; note the solar panels


One of the 7 "hills" that make up the living roof of the Academy; the objects are skylights


Living roof


Sting ray


Philippine reef exhibit


Arapaima (Pirarucu or paiche) fish in the Amzon exhibit


Red-tailed catfish


Freshwater fish seen through the Academy's Amazon flooded forest tunnel


Red-tailed catfish

Golden Mantella (Mantella aurantiaca)
Golden Mantella (Mantella aurantiaca)


Red-bellied piranha
Red-bellied piranha


Red panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) (male)
Red panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) (male)


Turquoise Honeycreeper [Dacnis cayana] eating a fruit
Turquoise Honeycreeper [Dacnis cayana] eating a fruit


Red panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) (male)
Red panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) (male)


Sleeping red-eyed tree frog
Sleeping red-eyed tree frog


Indoor rainforest in the new California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco
Indoor rainforest in the new California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco
















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