{"id":325150,"date":"2026-05-20T21:24:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T21:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/325150\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T21:24:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T21:24:10","slug":"float-by-wondrous-jelly-dreamscapes-at-the-aquarium-of-the-pacific-nbc-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/325150\/","title":{"rendered":"Float by wondrous \u2018Jelly Dreamscapes\u2019 at the Aquarium of the Pacific \u2013 NBC Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What to KnowJelly DreamscapesAquarium of the PacificLong BeachMay 23, 2026, through April 30, 2027Included with aquarium admission; timed reservations are required<\/p>\n<p>We can&#8217;t behold a dinosaur, sigh, but we can go fully agog over animals that were around during the time of the massive beasts. <\/p>\n<p>We are specifically referring to those strange \u2014 strike that, we instead mean &#8220;seriously surreal&#8221; \u2014 ocean icons that lack a heart and brain but possess multitudes of mystery and oodles of otherworldly glamour.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s jellyfishes we&#8217;re mooning over, those gelatinous pulsing powerhouses of the deep (and not so deep). <\/p>\n<p>But &#8220;gelatinous&#8221; and &#8220;pulsing&#8221; may not go fancifully far enough in summing up the quirky qualities that often define the jellyverse, including the jealousy-inspiring ability to glow or the fact that some jellies boast over 1,000 tentacles.<\/p>\n<p>And pondering the oral arms, those frequently frilly tendrils that convey prey to a jelly&#8217;s mouth? We could be here all day, completely lost in an oral arm haze.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20150425_AOPjelly_9591.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRobin RiggsRobin Riggs<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are approximately 200 species of true jellies,&#8221; shared the Aquarium of the Pacific. Admire several of them starting May 23 when &#8220;Jelly Dreamscapes&#8221; opens in Long Beach.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aquariumofpacific.org\/exhibits\/jellydreamscapes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aquarium of the Pacific<\/a> has happily existed in the globby glow of the jellyverse since the 1990s, but sometimes something especially jelly-fied floats into the Long Beach institution.<\/p>\n<p>And starting May 23, visitors can enter the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aquariumofpacific.org\/exhibits\/jellydreamscapes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Jelly Dreamscapes,&#8221;<\/a> an expansive new exhibition that will be on view for nearly a full year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Guests of all ages will be able to learn more about colorful sea jellies, sea nettles with free-flowing tentacles, and ctenophores that glow underwater, including the barrel jelly and California sea gooseberry, plus the opportunity to touch Asian moon jellies at the Aquarium&#8217;s outdoor touch lab on Harbor Terrace,&#8221; shared the aquarium staff.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20170121_AOPjelly_3524.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRobin RiggsRobin Riggs<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s glow to the Aquarium of the Pacific for this iridescently ethereal experience.<\/p>\n<p>A film celebrating the wide variety of jellies in the world will be part of the experience, as well as opportunities to learn about the aquarium&#8217;s efforts to &#8220;&#8230; propagate and raise over forty species of sea jellies in spaces specially designed for each stage of their life cycle.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Upping the float-through aura of the low-lit spaces? <\/p>\n<p>A peaceful mood, complete with aural flows inspired by the realm of these eons-spanning invertebrates, will enhance the dreamy atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>Extend your tentacles and wrap them around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aquariumofpacific.org\/exhibits\/jellydreamscapes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the aquarium&#8217;s site<\/a>, where tickets, reservations, and the opportunity to time travel back hundreds of millions of years awaits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What to KnowJelly DreamscapesAquarium of the PacificLong BeachMay 23, 2026, through April 30, 2027Included with aquarium admission; timed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":325151,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[2113,7250,131,133,132],"class_list":["post-325150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-animals","tag-aquarium-of-the-pacific","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}