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So light in texture is the soil over much of San Miguel Island that it dissolves away almost like sugar after its protective mantle of greenery has been converted into wool.
National Park Service Historic Photograph Collection
So light in texture is the soil over much of San Miguel Island that it dissolves away almost like sugar after its protective mantle of greenery has been converted into wool.
Approximate Year: 1939
Photographer: Sumner, E. Lowell, Jr.

Other Historic Photos

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So light in texture is the soil over much of San Miguel Island that it dissolves away almost like sugar after its protective mantle of greenery has been converted into wool. Sea Lions on beach. Start of trip from Naval Air Station.
The two navy planes used on trip, at Naval Air Station, North Island, San Diego. (Aerial Survey Aircraft used to survey Channel Islands). Close-up of Baird Cormorants and California Brown Pelicans on their nesting rockery, Prince Island. Most of the cormorants were as yet engaged in nest construction. Nests of the Pelicans on the cactus-covered slopes visible in the upper left hand center. Quarters and service bldgs. For Anacapa Lighthouse. Another section of Anacapa Island and also Santa Cruz Island in distance.
The constantly shifting sand which has been exposed as a result of a weakening of the vegetative covering. In the foreground is a shipment of wool, which represents San Miguel's Island contribution to the welfare and prosper of mankind. Arch rock at Anacapa Island, the roosting place of hundreds of brown pelicans.

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