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Major landmass, including the cities of Santa Barbara and Ventura, occupy the center top of the image to the center right of the image. Four islands reside off the coast and separate the Santa Barbara Channel from the Pacific Ocean.  From right to left the islands are San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz (the largest) and Anacapa (the smallest) islands.  Santa Barbara island is another very small island, comparatively distant from the other four, in the bottom right corner of the image.

North America’s “Galapagos”

The Channel Islands off the coast of southern California support diverse ecosystems, with some plants and animals found nowhere else on the planet.

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