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Visual History of California Oil Spills:
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Hovercraft at the Bolinas Lagoon helping to spread straw on the surface to absorb oil. 1971 Coast Gaurd vessel
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Steam Cleaning Harbor, Santa Barbara oil spill - 1969
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Santa barbara oil spill, January 29, 1969 Cailfornia. Flotation Collar
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Santa barbara oil spill, January 29, 1969 Cailfornia. Washing Grebe
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Santa barbara oil spill, January 29, 1969 Cailfornia. Spreading hay on the beach to absorb the oil. The spill covered 35 miles of coastline, from Goleta to Rincon Point.
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Santa barbara oil spill, January 29, 1969 Cailfornia. In the harbor straw was being dispersed on the surface of the water to soak up oil.
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Santa barbara oil spill, January 29, 1969 Cailfornia. workers from the Union Oil Co. in the Harbor scooping up oil drenched straw
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Santa barbara oil spill, January 29, 1969 Cailfornia. At the harbor where oil-laden staw that was being collected in industrial steel drums were being loaded into trucks for transport.
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San Fransisco oil spill, Jan. 1971 -Western Grebe waiting to be washed in cardboard box, Tiburon on S.F. Bay, Audubon Rescue Station
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San Fransisco oil spill, Jan. 1971 - washing Western Grebe, Tiburon on S.F. Bay, Audubon Rescue Station
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Santa barbara oil spill, January 29, 1969 Cailfornia. dispersing straw in the harbor
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San Fransisco oil spill, Jan. 1971 - Caused by two Standard Oil Tankers colliding, Bolinas CA. Beach
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Carpenterie Beach State Park, 1969, Santa Barbara, close up of tar washed ashore, crude oil from off shore well
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Bolinas California oil spill, 20 miles northwest of San Fransisco, 800,000 gallons spilled
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Western Grebe covered in oil from Santa Barbara spill, 1969. Many more birds died during this spill then in 1971 in S.F. spill, covering birds with cornmeal and then washing with mineral oil was used to good effect in 1971 Bay spill.
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Oil spill in the harbor of Santa Barbara, California - 1969, dispersing straw to absorb oil.
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Santa barbara oil spill, January 29, 1969 Cailfornia. Oil-laden Grebe, only 5% lived
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Dead Crab on the beach, oil drenched sand, crude oil
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Santa barbara oil spill, January 29, 1969 Cailfornia. Platform A - Union Oil, well blow-out, also sits on top of small faultline that ruptured because of initial plug by Union Oil built up to much pressure.
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Santa barbara oil spill, January 29, 1969 Cailfornia. Oil-laden beach - Carpenteria State Park
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Santa barbara oil spill, January 29, 1969 Cailfornia. Oil-laden beach - Loon being washed, only 5% survived the Santa Barbara spill. In 1937, another bad oi spill in CA. history as oil tanker hits passenger ship west of Golden Gate, 22,000 birds perished.
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San Fransisco oil spill, Jan. 1971 -Western Grebe already dead, Tiburon on S.F. Bay, Audubon Rescue Station
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Santa barbara oil spill, January 29, 1969 Cailfornia. Oil-laden beach - Western Grebe in water laden with oil
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Santa barbara oil spill, January 29, 1969 Cailfornia. Oil-laden wave breaking against shoreline
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