Golden Gate Park

[low_delta]

First thing Thursday (after breakfast and a walk around the neighborhood), Ranunculus met us and we walked over to Golden Gate Park, where we met her Donald (his LJ name is sligachan, but I always forget that because I never friended him, for some reason) at the California Academy of Sciences. It's part museum, part zoo, part... lots of things. They've got a planetarium, a dome with a rainforest exhibit, several large ocean aquaria, their legendary African Hall, and a "living roof."


The roof is covered with native vegetation. It provides insulation for the building, and the hatches provide both light and ventilation.


I think that's a blue whale skeleton.


They have a Foucault pendulum knockin' pins down.


This is the Philippine Coral Reef exhibit.


This is the Northern California Coast exhibit.


I think this guy was defending his territory from my camera.

On friday morning, we walked over to meet Ranunc and M at the Conservatory of flowers.











Then we visited the Beautiful Japanese Tea Garden.

Comments

[marswalker.livejournal.com]

Very cool. I wanna see CalAcad now!! it looks so nice now that it's updated.

I think I want a living roof... :) out here, though, it'd have to be mostly dirt.

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

All the plants on this one are good in dry climates.