Travels and Visits: Aquariums

Saturday, 8 December 2012

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Monterey Bay Aquarium (MBA): was founded in 1984 and is located on the site of a former sardine cannery on Cannery Row of the Pacific Ocean shoreline in Monterey, California. It has an annual attendance of 1.8 million visitors. It holds thousands of plants and animals, representing 623 separate named species on display. The aquarium benefits by a high circulation of fresh ocean water which is obtained through pipes which pump it in continuously from Monterey Bay. The centerpiece of the Ocean's Edge Wing, is a 10 meter (33-foot) high 333,000-US-gallon (1,260,000 l; 277,000 imp gal) tank for viewing California coastal marine life.

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Monterey Bay Aquarium in Monterey California

Monterey Bay Aquarium is located on the Pacific Ocean

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Monterey Bay Aquarium's Amazing Fishes

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Thursday, 13 September 2012

Clearwater Marine Aquarium

Clearwater Marine Aquarium: is a non-profit organization in Clearwater, Florida, United States. It is dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation and release of injured marine animals, public education, and animal-assisted therapy and research. Clearwater Marine Aquarium opened in 1972 at its current location on Clearwater Beach, a former water treatment plant (the large tanks being well-suited for rehabilitation operations). Numerous forms of marine life reside at the aquarium, some temporarily until they can be released, while others have serious injuries which do not permit their return to the wild, and thus become permanent residents.

Clearwater Marine Aquarium

Florida, United States

Clearwater Marine Aquarium Florida

Clearwater Marine Aquarium Dolphins

Clearwater Marine Aquarium

Clearwater Marine Aquarium Wallpapers

Tuesday, 12 June 2012

Adventure Aquarium

Adventure Aquarium: formerly the New Jersey State Aquarium, is a for-profit educational entertainment attraction operated in Camden, New Jersey on the Delaware River waterfront by the Herschend Family Entertainment Corporation. It originally debuted in 1992, and re-opened in its current form on May 25, 2005, featuring approximately eight thousand animals living in varied forms of semi-aquatic, freshwater, and marine habitats. The facility has a total tankage volume of over 2 million US gallons (7,600 m3), and public floor space that covers nearly 200,000 square feet (19,000 m2).

Adventure Aquarium

Baltimore Aquarium

Baltimore Aquarium: The National Aquarium, Baltimore is a non-profit public aquarium located at 501 E Pratt Street in the Inner Harbor area of Baltimore, Maryland in the United States. Constructed during a period of urban renewal in Baltimore, the aquarium opened on August 8, 1981. The aquarium has an annual attendance of 1.5 million. The Aquarium has a collection of 16,500 specimens representing 660 species. In 2003, the National Aquarium in Baltimore and the independent National Aquarium in Washington joined as one National Aquarium. The National Aquarium's mission is to inspire conservation of the world's aquatic treasures.

Baltimore Aquarium

Sunday, 11 March 2012

London Aquarium

The Sea Life London Aquarium is located on the ground floor of County Hall on the South Bank of the River Thames in central London, near the EDF Energy London Eye. It first opened in March 1997 as the London Aquarium and remains the capital's largest collection of aquatic species and hosts about one million visitors each year. In 2005, the aquarium displayed three robotic fish created by the computer science department at the University of Essex. The fish were designed to be autonomous, swimming around and avoiding obstacles like real fish. Their creator claimed that he was trying to combine "the speed of tuna, acceleration of a pike, and the navigating skills of an eel."