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I was already in San Pedro to pick up the rental dive gear for my dive trip to Catalina the following day so I took the bridge over to Long Beach. The ride across the bridge was quite interesting. The Port of LA is HUGE!!! Not what I would call scenic but still impressive.

The Aquarium of the Pacific was ok. I really expected better displays of wildlife off the coast of California but there wasn't that much of it. I thought the Aquarium at Monterrey is far nicer.
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Does every aquarium have a dolphin fountain out front?
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Yes, that water does look dyed.
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Entrance to the aquarium.
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The first cool exhibit was of various jellyfish. Too bad my camcorder doesn't do well in low light.
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I then spent some time looking at the cold water tanks. I was planning on scuba diving the following day so I wanted to get an idea of what kind of things I would see.
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Bad picture of a Wolf Eel.
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That's an awfully busy tank.
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Gotta love the Garibaldi.
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Large Eel slithering out of it's hole.
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My favorite picture of the day. Any idea what kind of fish this is?
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Great Starfish.
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Lots of blue fish among the Kelp.
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Lobster.
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I don't know what most of this stuff is.
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A shy Horn Shark wouldn't come out where I could get a better shot.
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The underside of a Starfish on the glass.
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The rest is just miscellaneous stuff around the rest of the aquarium in no particular order.
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I think this is a deep water anemone.
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One of the Sea Lions.
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I think this was a Loggerhead Turtle.
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A sea bird ducks into the water.
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A pipefish.
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Other type of Pipefish.
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A dark Lionfish.
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Camoflouged Frogfish.
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Boxfish.
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Everybody loves Sharks.
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Great big Pufferfish.
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A diver cleaning one of the tanks.
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Tiny Seahorse.
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Interesting Sea Urchin.
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Interesting Seahorse.
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Another really cool looking Seahorse.
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Close-up of the head.
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