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  Georgia Aquarium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Georgia Aquarium, located in Atlanta, Georgia, is billed as the "world's largest aquarium" with more than 8 million US gallons (30,000 m³; 30,000,000 liters) of marine and fresh water, and more than 100,000 animals of 500 different species.
The Georgia Aquarium opened first on November 21, 2005 to annual pass holders and then on November 23, 2005 to the general public.
Coral used in exhibits at the Aquarium is manmade in a collaboration between Georgia Tech and the University of the South Pacific, produced by suspending blocks of pumice over a reef near the village of Tagaqe, Fiji for eight months so that seaweeds and reef invertebrates could establish colonies.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Georgia_Aquarium   (1421 words)

  
 11Alive.com - Special -- Georgia Aquarium
The Georgia Aquarium is receiving a constant stream of mail and e-mail from people around Atlanta, and some from around the country, letting beluga whale Gasper know they want him to be well.
The revelation that Gasper, the beluga whale at the Georgia Aquarium, is critically ill has triggered an outpouring of concern and affection.
The Georgia Aquarium's education loop is among the area's most popular field trip destinations for students who get a behind-the-scenes tour.
www.11alive.com /specials/local/aquarium   (510 words)

  
 ABC News: Georgia Aquarium Amazes Visitors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
A grouper at the new Georgia Aquarium is surrounded by smaller fish as it swims past a viewing window Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2005.
Walking through the aquarium Wednesday, Marcus' stepson, Michael Morris, who's also on the aquarium's board, said the crowds on the first day exceeded expectations, though the exact count may not be known until Thursday.
The aquarium is the centerpiece of a downtown Atlanta revival that is aimed at drawing millions more visitors to the Southern city each year.
abcnews.go.com /Technology/wireStory?id=1342493&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312   (414 words)

  
 All About Aquarium Supplies - Georgia Aquarium   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Georgia Aquarium is a new aquarium constructed in Atlanta, Georgia, which is being billed as the "world's largest aquarium," featuring over 100,000 specimens in tanks holding approximately 8 million US gallons (30,000 m³) of water.
Admission to the non-profit aquarium is among the most expensive in the country, being nearly 23 dollars per adult.
The Georgia Aquarium, world’s largest at the time of its opening in November of 2005, encompasses 505,000 square feet of covered space, holds eight million gallons of fresh and salt water and houses more than 100,000 fish and animals.
www.all-about-aquarium-supplies.com /georgia-aquarium.html   (973 words)

  
 Georgia Aquarium Visitors Guide – Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, GA
The Georgia Aquarium holds a total of 8 million gallons of fresh and marina water, and also features 60 habitats including 12,000 square feet of viewing windows, topping a total of 328 tons of acrylic.
The largest tank displayed at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta measures 263 feet long x 126 feet wide x 33 feet deep at the maximum depth, holding 6.2 million gallons of water and housing two whale sharks along with about 10,000 animals.
The second largest tank at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, GA, holds 800,000 gallons of water and is home to five beluga whales.
www.atlanta.net /Visitors/atlanta-georgia-aquarium.html   (267 words)

  
 Georgia Aquarium, Georgia
Those ponds at headquarters, near the aquarium, are called the Welaka Unit, and a second group of ponds about three miles south of headquarters is called the Beecher Unit.
Overview: Georgia Institute of Technology, Safety Health and Environmental Division, and Brasfield and Gorrie, LLC and their subcontractors performing work at the Georgia Aquarium site are partnering with OSHA.
The purpose of the Partnership is to increase the number of employers in the construction industry with effective safety and health management systems, reduce injuries and illnesses, eliminate fatalities, and increase the number of construction employees with OSHA 10 and 30-hour safety and health training.
creekin.net /k20024-n70-georgia-aquarium-georgia.html   (633 words)

  
 CNN.com - Big window to the sea - Nov 22, 2005
The new aquarium is the first in North America to attempt to keep whale sharks in captivity.
The longest surviving whale shark at the Okinawa aquarium arrived in March 1995.
Aquarium officials are confident their exhibit, which is about the size of a football field and holds 6 million gallons of water, will provide Ralph and Norton and the nearly 100,000 other fish also in the tank with plenty of room.
www.cnn.com /2005/TECH/science/11/21/new.ga.aquarium   (1529 words)

  
 Georgia Aquarium -
The aquarium features over 100,000 specimens in tanks, holds approximately 8 million US gallons (30,000 m³; 30,000,000 liters) of water, and is billed as the "world's largest aquarium".
At $23 per adult, the price of admission to the non-profit aquarium is among the most expensive in the country.
The Georgia Aquarium, the world’s largest at the time of its opening in November 2005, encompasses 505,000 sq.
psychcentral.com /psypsych/Georgia_Aquarium   (1501 words)

  
 The Georgia Aquarium - UrbanPlanet.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Georgia Aquarium is scheduled to open late next year in a section of downtown Atlanta that is expected to look much cleaner and have a few more skyscrapers than it does today.
The Georgia Aquarium, now under construction across the street from Centennial Olympic Park, will be one of the world's largest aquarium facilities, with more than 5 million gallons of marine and fresh water, an expected 55,000 animals and 500 different species.
The Georgia Aquarium and the one in chicago are tied for largest in the country.
www.urbanplanet.org /forums/index.php?showtopic=4347   (2196 words)

  
 CAP/ADID - Georgia Aquarium News
Expected to open to the public in 2005, the Georgia Aquarium, along with the new World of Coca-Cola, is a project garnering a lot of attention -- and spurring excitement about Downtown's future development.
The tourism duo of the Georgia Aquarium and the new World of Coca-Cola will boost the state's economy by nearly $200 million a year, pump an additional $255 million into state and local tax coffers over 15 years, and create as many as 3,300 jobs throughout Georgia, a study released Tuesday predicts.
A closely guarded secret finally is out: The Georgia Aquarium will have five huge displays of aquatic life, including a deep-water ocean exhibit, a rare Indo-Pacific coral reef, and a 50-foot fishing trawler for kids and adults to play on.
www.atlantadowntown.com /NewsAquarium.asp   (1096 words)

  
 Howstuffworks "Georgia Aquarium: World's Largest"
The Georgia Aquarium is the largest aquarium in the world, whether you're measuring by the number of fish (more than 100,000) or the volume of water (more than a million cubic feet).
HowStuffWorks would like to thank the staff of the Georgia Aquarium for their assistance with this article.
Tanks within the galleries house a diverse population of animals, including whales, sharks, penguins, otters, electric eels, rays, seahorses, sea stars, crabs and a variety of fish of all sizes.
science.howstuffworks.com /georgia-aquarium.htm   (744 words)

  
 Underwater Adventures :: Minnesota's Underwater Adventures Welcomes New Georgia Aquarium
BLOOMINGTON, Minn., Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Underwater Adventures, the world's largest underground aquarium, today welcomed the country's newest aquarium attraction as "an exciting addition to the fabric of aquariums around the world." The Georgia Aquarium is scheduled to open in Atlanta on Nov. 23.
Todd Peterson, CEO of Underwater Adventures, located entirely under The Mall of America in Bloomington, MN, previewed the new Atlanta facility Tuesday and said, "The Georgia Aquarium is an immensely modern aquarium, which is an exciting addition to the fabric of aquariums around the world.
The Minnesota aquarium's newest residents are two endangered green sawfish, which traveled more than 10,000 miles from Australia to their new home.
sev.prnewswire.com /travel/20051117/CGTH02717112005-1.html   (403 words)

  
 Aquarium Fish Tank Friend
Located in Atlanta, Georgia Aquarium is set to open on November 23, officially becoming the world's largest aquarium.
Besides in Asia, Georgia Aquarium will be the only aquarium with whale sharks on display.
Because the cost of setting up a planted aquarium varies greatly with your choice of equipments, in Part II of this series, this is what we’ll discuss about.
www.fishfriend.com   (961 words)

  
 Georgia Aquarium   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Bernie Marcus, benefactor of the Georgia Aquarium, announced today that the Georgia Aquarium will open November 23, 2005, as the largest in the world.
The Georgia Aquarium will open in Atlanta, Georgia on November 23, 2005, as one of the world’s largest aquarium facilities.
The mission of the Georgia Aquarium is to be an entertaining, educational and scientific institution featuring exhibitions and programs of the highest standards, offering engaging and entertaining visitors’ experiences, and promoting the conservation of aquatic biodiversity throughout the world.
georgiaaquarium.org /newsAndEvents/pressRelease/20050907article.aspx   (1063 words)

  
 Georgia Aquarium Amazes Visitors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
ATLANTA - Tom Corvin was only in town from Kansas City to visit family and didn‘t even know Wednesday was the opening day for the Georgia Aquarium, the largest of its kind in the world.
That was before he walked up to the aquarium‘s main attraction — two whale sharks, the world‘s largest fish species.
Already neighboring Centennial Olympic Park and across the street from CNN Center and the Georgia Dome, the aquarium will be joined in 2007 by a new World of Coca-Cola museum next door.
www.heraldnewsdaily.com /stories/news-00104075.html   (351 words)

  
 Georgia Aquarium Deploys Radiant Systems Outdoor Kiosks
The Georgia Aquarium anticipated a huge response from the community and wanted to facilitate visitor entry in a timely fashion.
The Georgia Aquarium opened in Atlanta, Georgia on November 23, 2005, as the world’s largest aquarium.
With 8 million gallons of marine and fresh water, and more than 100,000 animals from 500 different species, the Georgia Aquarium is a gift to the people of Georgia from Bernie Marcus, co-founder of The Home Depot, and his wife Billi, through the Marcus Foundation.
www.radiantsystems.com /news/pressreleases/2006/013106.htm   (768 words)

  
 Georgia Aquarium Tickets Atlanta - Georgia Aquarium Tickets at Georgia Aquarium   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Georgia Aquarium tickets are going fast, so get them before this event is sold out completely.
We have tickets for Georgia Aquarium for every Georgia Aquarium event in the US including this one at Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, GA on January 13, 2006, 12:00 pm.
Most Georgia Aquarium ticket orders are shipped the first business order is placed, however sometimes the tickets may not be printed at time of order.
www.tickets4concerts.com /tickets/323577.html   (598 words)

  
 Georgia Aquarium Tickets - Tickets for Georgia Aquarium   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
We are the nations premiere seller of Georgia Aquarium tickets.
Our dedicated team of Georgia Aquarium ticket specialists will source your tickets through our state of the art database and have premium tickets "in your hand" in as little as 24 hours.
We are licensed, bonded and insured, we are not affiliated with the Georgia Aquarium box office and we are also members of the Better Business bureau.
www.ticketsus.com /ticket/Georgia_Aquarium_Tickets.htm   (208 words)

  
 Georgia Aquarium may drown competition | Practical Fishkeeping magazine
The $290 million Georgia Aquarium opened in November of this year and poses a real threat to visitor numbers of other established aquariums in the area.
The 500,000 square-foot Aquarium is not only physically larger than all the others, but offers larger attractions like Beluga whales and the only captive pair of Whale sharks in the world, in the biggest fish tank in the world.
The South Carolina aquarium cost less than a quarter of the Georgia aquarium, totalling $69 million when it was first constructed.
www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk /pfk/pages/item.php?news=786   (469 words)

  
 Georgia Aquarium   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
This is a short video of our first trip to the new Georgia Aquarium.
I hope it gives a good idea of what a great experience it is to visit the aquarium.
The video is about 10 minutes long, which may be long for the web but is really short when trying to cover everthing there is to see at the aquarium.
www.fromcheektocheek.com   (71 words)

  
 Georgia Aquarium tickets, Georgia Aquarium ticket broker
Georgia Aquarium tickets are now available for purchase.
If you have questions, would like assistance in picking your seats or just prefer to place your Georgia Aquarium tickets order over the phone please call us at (800) 800-9494.
We are not Ticketmaster or the official Georgia Aquarium box office nor are we affiliated with Georgia Aquarium, or any professional sporting organization, performer, or venue.
www.teamonetickets.com /event-tickets.html?e=8004   (231 words)

  
 ameliorate: Georgia Aquarium (cont.)
One thing you have to know before going this aquarium is you can't go and buy ticket on that day you wanna visit; you have to purchase a ticket online or reserve it via telephone because of limiting visitor each day, here.
I think they tried to make an environment in aquarium as same as the real, Amazon forest, it's cool!, and there has a roof as a fish!, I can't explain.., I think you have to look at the photo on my space, but it's really cool!
75% percent of the water in the aquarium is in the Ocean Voyger tank with the whale sharks, so that might make the 8 million gallons seem smaller.
ameliorate.blogspot.com /2006/03/georgia-aquarium-cont.html   (414 words)

  
 TheStoryGroup.com: Construction begins on Georgia Aquarium   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Marcus Foundation and the Coca-Cola Co. broke ground May 29 in downtown Atlanta for the location of the new Georgia Aquarium and the new location for the old World of Coke exhibition.
The $200 million Georgia Aquarium, which is scheduled to open in 2005, is designed to look like an ark and will include 400,000 square feet of aquatic exhibitions, including more than 5 million gallons of fresh and salt water.
The Georgia Aquarium was originally planned for a tract on the western end of the Atlantic Station development, but Bernie Marcus, in a move that was a surprise to everyone including the developers of Atlantic Station, announced in the summer of 2002 the move to the downtown site and co-development with Coca-Cola.
www.the-stories.com /gbase/Expedite/Content?oid=oid:2834   (268 words)

  
 Georgia Aquarium
You can help the Georgia Aquarium be a leading facility for aquatic animal conservation and research by participating in our 4R Program.
Georgia Aquarium opened on November 23rd as the World’s Largest Aquarium.
We at Georgia Aquarium want you to have the best experience possible.
www.georgiaaquarium.org   (121 words)

  
 Slideshow -- Georgia Aquarium - Media Day
The Bernie Marcus Foundation funded the $250 million Georgia Aquarium as a gift to the state of Georgia and the City of Atlanta.
The living coral reef is the largest in any U.S. aquarium with 160,000 gallons of water.
This is the largest single tank at the Georgia Aquarium with 6 million gallons of water, all of which is filtered and recycled every 90 minutes.The acrylic window of the Ocean Voyager Theater is 63 feet long, 28 feet high and 2 feet thick.
flagrantdisregard.com /flickr/slideshow.php?id=891   (788 words)

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