Santa Barbara Oil Seeps

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In 2007, UCSB scientist Dave Valentine (right) and WHOI scientist Chris Reddy investigated a large mound in the submersible Alvin off the coast of Santa Barbara, California. Using Alvin's manipulator they brought back a large sample of rock from the undersea dome called Il Duomo.They could heft it easily because it was made of asphalt, the solidified residue of oil. (Photo by Molly Redmond, University of California, Santa Barbara)