The only place on the planet where you can explore an aquarium, planetarium and natural history museum under one living roof.
The Rainforests Of The World is a climate controlled sphere within the building.
Visitors enter at the base of the rainforest and continue upwards.
The floor of the rainforest displays animals found there- snakes, insects, lizards, spiders etc.
As you move upwards you see the animals that live in the canopy- free flying birds and butterflies-
From the top of the sphere an elevator takes you to the base- where the aquarium and over 2,000 reef fish dart about the Technicolored forest of coral.
There is a really cool area where visitors are able to touch and examine marine life through a microscope which transmits the images on a TV screen above.
I thought this exhibit was pretty cool:
The living roof houses over two and a half acres of native California plants:
The natural history museum houses African penguins which the monkeys loved- they had a 'show' where they fed the penguins which was a highlight.
The planetarium had a great show narrated by Jodi Foster- I have not been to a planetarium since I was in HS seeing Led Zeppelin laser shows- not any less trippy and made me a bit dizzy.
What is your favorite Natural History Museum?
Did you see laser shows at the planetarium?
7 comments:
Oh, my kids would love it!
Looks like a perfect place to visit! I love aquariums (aquaria?) and natural history museums - the Museum of Natural History in London is fab :-)
We just did the museum of science. Not as nice as this one!!
We skipped the planetarium but attended the thunder and lightening show... was very loud and wicked cool.
i HAVE to visit!!!!!! must-see/do in 2012!!!!
The contents of the sharks stomach looks like a day at the antique mall!
I love that museum!!
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