Today, I’m taking you on a trip to the Californian Academy of Sciences. It’s only a momentary excursion so keep your arms and legs inside the windows and enjoy the virtual ride.

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There’s the Living Roof on top – consisting of only native plant species and functioning as a natural lighting and cooling system for the inside, where you’ll find the Rainforest dome, the African Hall, The Morrison Planetarium (a 90-foot-diameter dome tilted at a 30-degree angle), a Philippine Coral Reef exhibit (the largest indoor reef in the world), an Amazonian flooded forest and a Swamp Tank where Claude the resident Albino Alligator lives.

Images courtesy ArchDaily } San Francisco About } Seed Magazine – photos by Tim Griffith } The Mergy Notes

About Ingrid Schroder

A Sydney-side freelance graphic designer, photographer & yoga teacher - I find myself turning to nature for guaranteed revival from the crazy pace of city life - be it digging in my garden, capturing natural beauty through a lens, floating in the ocean, practicing yoga or out exploring this incredible planet we all call home. Follow me on twitter @Cohabitaire