California, U.S. - Oil spill & pollution---Spreading straw on oil-covered waters in SB Harbor following spill in 1969. The Santa Barbara oil spill occurred in 1969 in the Santa Barbara Channel. The source was a January 28, 1969 blow-out on Union Oil s Platform A, six miles offshore, in the Dos Cuadras Offshore Oil Field. Over a 10-day period, an estimated 80,000 to 100,000 barrels 1 of crude oil spilled into the channel and onto the beaches of Santa Barbara County in Southern California, fouling the coastline from Goleta to the Rincon, and all four of the northern Channel Islands. Upward of 10,000 birds were killed in the ecological disaster.NEWS-PRESS FILE PHOTO - ZUMAb77_

May 04, 2010 - California, U.S. - Oil spill & pollution---Spreading straw on oil-covered waters in SB Harbor following spill in 1969. The Santa Barbara oil spill occurred in 1969 in the Santa Barbara Channel. The source was a January 28, 1969 blow-out on Union Oil s Platform A, six miles offshore, in the Dos Cuadras Offshore Oil Field. Over a 10-day period, an estimated 80,000 to 100,000 barrels 1 of crude oil spilled into the channel and onto the beaches of Santa Barbara County in Southern California, fouling the coastline from Goleta to the Rincon, and all four of the northern Channel Islands. Upward of 10,000 birds were killed in the ecological disaster.NEWS-PRESS FILE PHOTO - ZUMAb77_