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California Academy of Science
ATM Developed Custom Acrylic Tanks
ATME Installed Acrylic Panels for Reynolds Polymer
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The California Academy of Sciences is a multifaceted scientific institution committed to leading-edge research, to educational outreach, and to finding new and innovative ways to engage and inspire the public. The Academy's mission - to explore, explain and protect the natural world - extends to all corners of the institution; from a research expedition in the highlands of Papua New Guinea, to a teacher training program in a California classroom, to an interactive game on the museum exhibit floor.
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Philippine Coral Reef
At a depth of 25 feet and holding 212,000 gallons of water, the Philippine Coral Reef is one of the deepest exhibits of live corals in the world. It houses a broad range of aquatic life from the coral reefs and mangroves of the Philippines, one of the most diverse reef systems in the world. These animals include delicate soft and hard corals, blacktip reef sharks, stingrays, and more than 2,000 colorful reef fish. |
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Northern California Coast
The 100,000-gallon Northern California Coast tank replicates the habitats of the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary. A walkway along the surface allows visitors to smell the seawater and witness the filling and draining of tidepools as waves spill onto a small beach. A large, L-shaped underwater window reveals the eels, anemones, sea stars, rockfish, herring, sardines, and urchins that live beneath the water's surface. Nearby tanks feature a giant sea bass and a giant Pacific octopus. There's also Discovery Tidepool where visitors can touch and examine a wide variety of ocean creatures. |
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Water Planet
The Water Planet exhibit is designed to be infinitely flexible. Dozens of tanks, from five to 5,000 gallons in size, contain an ever-changing variety of fish, reptiles, amphibians, insects, and other invertebrates. Once an hour, the lights go down inside the tanks, the room transforms into a 360-degree projection theater, and visitors are immersed in a five-minute film about the most precious resource on the planet: water |
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Flooded Amazon
Take a stroll beneath the surface of the flooded Amazon basin. A clear underwater tunnel provides stunning views of arapaima, giant catfish, and arowanas swimming overhead.
It's part of the Academy's new Rainforests of the World exhibit - a 4-story rainforest enclosed in a glass dome 90-feet in diameter. |
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African Penguins
A colony of 20 African penguins dip and dive in a 25,000-gallon tank at the end of African Hall. Native to the coast of South Africa and Namibia, these penguins are part of the American Zoo and Aquarium Association's Species Survival Program, aimed at conserving this species in the wild.
Take a sneak peek at the colony with our Penguin Cams » |
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The Swamp
A returning favorite from the original Steinhart Aquarium, the Swamp contains two American alligators — one of which is albino — and several alligator snapping turtles. Visitors can view the animals from the surface as well as from an underwater window.
A tank of fearsome alligator gars, which look like alligators but are actually fish, faces the Swamp.
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