Hello 1S
On Tuesday met up with my cousins and we went to the Monterey Bay aquarium.
The basic design of the aquarium pumps over 7,500 litres per minute of Monterey Bay ocean water, night and day, through the more than 100 exhibit tanks. During the day the water is filtered for viewing clarity. During the night, unfiltered seawater is pumped through exhibits, bringing in food in the form of plankton. Waste ocean water from the aquarium is returned to the Bay. This design makes the aquarium ecologically essentially part of the ocean in the Bay, and allows the culture of organisms such as Giant Kelp which are not suitable for ordinary saltwater aquariums.
The acrylic plastic that makes the various tank walls ranges from 7 to 33 centimetres in thickness, enabling them to resist the pressure and high total force of the water behind them.
We saw fish, sharks, eels, turtles, sea otters, sea lions, whales, cuttlefish, pelicans, puffins, and lots of jellyfish. Here are some pictures I took.
They were feeding the otters.
My cousin had a big big truck. I needed help to get into the truck and it was really hard finding the seat belt.
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Ella.Z
It was sooooo good to see you again Ella!! I'm so happy that you and your Dad came to San Francisco as part of your vacation! Harley sure misses you! She carries a picture of you and her around with her and keeps giving it hugs and kisses and then pretends the picture is a phone and holds it to her ear to 'talk' with you.
ReplyDeleteLove you Ella!!