Pelican, Santa Barbara Channel, California 2 : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Pelican, Santa Barbara Channel, California 2 / Ken Lund
ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示-継承 2.1 |
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説明 | The Santa Barbara Channel is that part of the Pacific Ocean which separates the mainland of California from the northern Channel Islands. It is generally south of the city of Santa Barbara, and west of the city of Ventura.It trends east-west, is approximately 80 miles long and averages about thirty miles across, becoming narrowest at its easternmost extremity where Anacapa Island is less than twenty miles from the mainland.The Santa Barbara Channel is considered a scenic location, with the islands visible from the mainland on clear days.Excursion boats cross the channel, taking visitors to watch whales and visit the islands. In the perpendicular (east-west) direction, huge cargo ships and tankers occupy a major shipping lane on their way to or from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.The Channel is the location of several active oil fields with substantial reserves, including the Ellwood and Dos Cuadras fields. In 1969, the Dos Cuadras was the site of a major oil spill, which came about when oil spurted at high pressure through faults and cracks around a zone which had recently been drilled for the first time. Public outrage over the massive environmental damage inflicted by this spill, which covered hundreds of square miles of the channel and fouled beaches from Ventura to Goleta, was a major spur to the budding environmental movement. Some oil exploration and production activities continue in the area, in spite of vigorous opposition from local organizations, such as Santa Barbara-based Get Oil Out (GOO).Kaustubh Vemuri of Pune in India, became the youngest person to swim across the Santa Barbara Channel on 29 September 2007. He swam a distance of 20 km from Anacapa Island to Oxnard in 7hr and 23mins.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Barbara_Channelen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_... |
撮影日 | 2009-10-26 17:41:13 |
撮影者 | Ken Lund , Reno, Nevada, USA |
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撮影地 | California, United States 地図 |
カメラ | Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi , Canon |
露出 | 0.001 sec (1/1600) |
開放F値 | f/5.0 |
焦点距離 | 187 mm |