A Field Guide to Oil in Santa BarbaraMain MenuA Field Guide to Oil in Santa BarbaraA project by the graduate students of the Mellon Sawyer Seminar at UCSB, Fall 2018The 2018-2019 Mellon Sawyer Seminar at UCSB825abd0261ed10262ffe105a408c697a541ff4bf
Visitor Sits on Tar, Carpinteria Tar Pits
12019-01-08T15:32:25-08:00The 2018-2019 Mellon Sawyer Seminar at UCSB825abd0261ed10262ffe105a408c697a541ff4bf326179A visitor sits on the site of an old mine, unconcerned either by the danger the tar poses to skin and fabrics or by the history of carbon-bent extraction that belies this paradise coast. Visitors to the site have apparently incorporated the landmark as a mundanity. Photograph by the Carpinteria Tar Pits team. Reproduced with permission of the photographers.plain2022-01-07T10:43:29-08:00The 2018-2019 Mellon Sawyer Seminar at UCSB825abd0261ed10262ffe105a408c697a541ff4bf