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There is a fresh jewel in San Francisco and another cause to leave your heart here. It is California Academy of Science.

This Academy is setting new standard and dimension for sustainable eco-architecture. It is a living roof having seven hills, which cover the domelike planetarium, rainforest, and aquarium exhibits. All this you can see from a platform on the rooftop.

It is a gathering for research, entertainment, education, exploration and museum into worlds as never before showed. They had their magnificence opening that was actually a magnificent gala and San Francisco is a buzz with the astonishment of it all.

Also, you will wish to observe the African Hall Diorama and the Amazonian Flood Forest that has more than 1,600 live species from a bat cave to exotic reptiles, the African penguins, living coral reef show that is stated to be the deepest living display. You may observe all of this during the whole week from 9:30am until 5:00pm and on Sunday from 11:00am to5:00pm. Memberships are obtainable for those visitors who will wish to visit once more and attend often and the normal fees partly are .95 per adult, .95 per senior with kid under six year is free.

While in Golden Gate Park, the Academy attracted around half a million visitors each year. The main thrust of the exhibits was, and will continue to be, natural history, with halls containing specimens from across the world and the “Life through Time” gallery housing a large display on evolution and paleontology. There was particular emphasis on aquatic biology, with the old aquarium housing fish specimens from all over the world, and a “fish roundabout” offering a unique aquarium experience — visitors stood in the middle of a large ring-shaped tank watching fish swimming endlessly against a small generated current.

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