Media Category: SBC

The vibrant marine life attracts large mammals looking to eat, too. Here, two sea lions dive into the depths.

On the pilings under the rigs, invertebrate life thrives.

Fish congregate under the structure oil rigs provide.

An oil rig in the Santa Barbara Channel.

A research boat flies through the chop.

Happy plants covered in dew from the fog.

Coring for soil samples.

The Fog Collector. It looks like a harp with two perpendicular sets of strings. As fog water condenses on the vertical strings, it drips down into PVC funnels and is collected in a container with mineral oil in it to prevent the water from evaporating.

The SBC-LTER boat is launched via a large hoist on the Goleta Pier

An exceptional day in the Santa Barbara Channel.