Santa Barbara oil spill: 7 aerial photos that show the fallout
With as much as 105,000 gallons of oil spilled off the Santa Barbara County coast this week, waters are topped by a slick and splotched with black, and some nine miles of shoreline is sullied. These aerial photos show some of the effects.
Oil fouls beaches, water and kelp forests
The oil spill fouls the waters and a kelp forest on May 20 as a cleanup effort continued along the coast in Santa Barbara County.
Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times
Cleanup worker confronts blobs of oil
SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. -- WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 2015: Oil spill cleanup and containment effort continues on the shore near Refugio State Beach in Santa Barbara, Calif., on May 20, 2015. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times
Sheen reflects off oil-flecked water, oil-soaked kelp
Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times
Boats deploy oil boom to help contain spilled material
SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. -- WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 2015: Oil booms are deployed offshore as cleanup and containment effort continues on the beach in Santa Barbara, Calif., on May 20, 2015. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times
Oil stains the shore near Refugio State Beach
Oil stains on the shore near Refugio State Beach near Santa Barbara. A fisherman has filed suit against the operator of the pipe that burst in May.
Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times
Pelicans fly over murky, shiny water
SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. -- WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 2015: Pelicans fly above oil soaked kelp and oil sheen on the ocean as cleanup and containment effort continues in Santa Barbara, Calif., on May 20, 2015. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times
The drive along the coast overlooks the dark spill
SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. -- WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 2015: Oil soaked kelp and oil sheen on the shoreline as cleanup effort continues on the beach in Santa Barbara, Calif., on May 20, 2015. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times
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