Photos of Birch Aquarium, La Jolla

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Photos of Birch Aquarium, La Jolla

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Latitude: 32° 51' 57.75" N, Longitude: 117° 15' 2.59" W, Coord: 32.866042°, -117.25072°
Filed under: California, La Jolla, Photo of the Day, San Diego on 11/7/2005

The Birch Aquarium is located at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Completed in 1992, the aquarium was named for benefactors Stephen and Mary Birch. The Birch Aquarium contains over 60 tanks, including a 70,000 gallon kelp forest exhibit and 13,000 gallon shark tank. It is located on a bluff overlooking La Jolla Shores and the Scripps Institute of Oceanography.


Visitors admire the enormous kelp forest tank in the Stephen Birch Aquarium at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The 70000 gallon tank is home to black seabass, broomtail grouper, garibaldi, moray eels and leopard sharks. Stephen Birch Aquarium, La Jolla, California, USA. Image: 14542	Visitors admire the enormous kelp forest tank in the Stephen Birch Aquarium at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The 70000 gallon tank is home to black seabass, broomtail grouper, garibaldi, moray eels and leopard sharks. Stephen Birch Aquarium, La Jolla, California, USA. Image: 14543


Pot-bellied seahorse, male, carrying eggs. The developing embryos are nourished by individual yolk sacs, and oxygen is supplied through a placenta-like attachment to the male. Two to six weeks after fertilization, the male gives birth. The babies must then fend for themselves, and few survive to adulthood. Image: 14472 Species: Hippocampus abdominalis	A tropical reef fish tank in the Stephen Birch Aquarium at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Built in 1992, the Birch Aquarium has over 60 tanks including a 70000 gallon kelp forest tank and 13000 gallon shark exhibit. Stephen Birch Aquarium, La Jolla, California, USA. Image: 14550	Leafy Seadragon. Image: 07819 Species: Phycodurus eques