{"id":54,"date":"2019-05-16T16:20:28","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T23:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/?p=999950203"},"modified":"2019-05-16T16:20:28","modified_gmt":"2019-05-16T23:20:28","slug":"in-pictures-video-a-sneak-peek-of-the-long-beach-aquariums-53m-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/in-pictures-video-a-sneak-peek-of-the-long-beach-aquariums-53m-expansion","title":{"rendered":"IN PICTURES &#038; VIDEO: A sneak peek of the Long Beach aquarium&#8217;s $53M expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A sneak peek of the Long Beach aquarium&#039;s $53M expansion, Pacific Visions\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m5dda4PTD-8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Aquarium of the Pacific&#8217;s new Pacific Visions wing opened Thursday for media to take a sneak peek of the completed $53-million expansion. The major addition encourages visitors to explore their impact on the ocean, integrating art and science to inspire visitors to think about solutions to major environmental issues. A theater, art gallery, outdoor pavilion, culmination gallery and live animal exhibits make up the anticipated addition.<\/p>\n<p>Aquarium president and CEO Jerry Schubel said during introductory remarks that the expansion &#8220;isn&#8217;t just about feeling good, this is about the ecosystems that make life possible on this planet.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The main draw of the two-story, 29,000-square-foot space is the huge Honda Pacific Visions Theater, which boasts multisensory effects during showings (think Disneyland&#8217;s Honey I Shrunk the Audience! but more along the lines of Honey, We&#8217;re Destroying the Planet and maybe there&#8217;s something we can do about that). Another highlight includes the first and only public display of the delta smelt fish, subject of a long-running commerce versus conservation battle. Native to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, the aquarium now has an exhibit of about 500 of the tiny, translucent species facing extinction.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s also the art gallery, an &#8220;underwater&#8221; excursion with mesmerizing Infinity Coral portholes, hanging glass sculptures of plankton and touch walls, inviting viewers to get a feel for some of the ocean&#8217;s most interesting sea creatures; and, after the screening, a culmination room, using even more integrative technology to engage viewers in sustainable solution making.<\/p>\n<p>Pacific Visions will open to the public on Friday, May 24. For more info, visit the website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aquariumofpacific.org\/makingwaves\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_999950409\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-999950409\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-999950409\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/6421_017CSS-970x647.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-999950409\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The new Pacific Visions wing at the Aquarium of the Pacific. Photos courtesy of Aquarium of the Pacific \/ Pacific Visions \/ EHDD \/ Clark Construction \/ Photography by Tom Bonne.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_999950406\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-999950406\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-999950406\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/6450_004CSS-970x647.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-999950406\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The new Pacific Vision wing at the Aquarium of the Pacific. Photo Courtesy Tom Bonner.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_999950403\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-999950403\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-999950403\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/6450_014CSS-970x438.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"271\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-999950403\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The new Honda Theater in the Pacific Visions wing at the Aquarium of the Pacific. Photo Courtesy Tom Bonner.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_999950401\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-999950401\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-999950401\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/6450_017CSS-970x647.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-999950401\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The new Honda Theater in the Pacific Visions wing at the Aquarium of the Pacific. Photo Courtesy Tom Bonner.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_999950405\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-999950405\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-999950405\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/6450_009CSS-970x647.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-999950405\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The culmination gallery of the new Pacific Visions wing at the Aquarium of the Pacific. Photo Courtesy Tom Bonner.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_999950416\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-999950416\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-999950416\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Delta-Smelt-970x728.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-999950416\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Delta smelt schooling. Photo courtesy of the Aquarium of the Pacific.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_999950414\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-999950414\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-999950414\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/yellowtail-schooling-KK-970x970.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-999950414\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yellowtail schooling. Photo courtesy of Ken Kurtis.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hugelandmass\/status\/1129101207060983808\">Twitter thread<\/a> below for more photos and video from the media preview:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m here <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AquariumPacific?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AquariumPacific<\/a> where the new Pacific Visions wing is being revealed to the media. The new theater and galleries will open to the public May 24. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/STRg5pRSYR\">pic.twitter.com\/STRg5pRSYR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Asia Morris (@hugelandmass) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hugelandmass\/status\/1129101207060983808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 16, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get an inside look at the aquarium&#8217;s new wing, which opens to the public on May 24.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":65586,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[3,46],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-54","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hi-lo","tag-instagram","tag-aquarium-of-the-pacific","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=54"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=54"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}