Here's three more photographs from the California Academy of Sciences. One shows some of the interesting elements of the space (the organic juxtaposed with the inorganic, the interesting linear and curved shapes on offer in the design of the building, etc.), one is a picture I took of a kickass frog, and one is the the most popular thing in the aquarium (at least among staff & volunteers).
I know it doesn't look like much, but that's an adult octopus in a tank with her eggs. She was a new acquisition for the aquarium and a few days after she got into her tank she laid her eggs, much to the surprise of all involved. (Excepting, of course, the octopus herself.) It was a recent development when I visited, and aquarium staff and volunteers were coming by to get a good look at this rare treat. It's not all that uncommon for octopi (octopuses?) to lay eggs in captivity, but they are famously shy and retiring, so the eggs were a huge surprise and cause for much excitement.
That frog will fuck you up. He's all business.
Images posted in their full-size glory because I can. I'll post some of the others over on fbook as I sort through them, fix the levels in pshop, etc.
