John Wiley

Things are looking up as the firefighters increase containment, and there's a Thanksgiving garnish on La Cumbre.

Whenever an air quality warning is issued, it's important to protect everyone, even Benjamin Franklin.

John Wiley shares photos of fire crews working to save Painted Cave on Tuesday.

These three aerial views from La Cumbre Peak area gave John Wiley the sense of a smoke surround.

John Wiley uses photography to show edhat readers the paradise seen by those who fly over Santa Barbara.

An edhat reader discovered a PBS special covering the Lougheed brothers from their time in Santa Barbara.

Have you ever flown in or out of SBA and wondered what people up in the Air Traffic Control tower see?

Jupiter's moons really show with low power binoculars it seemed, to John Wiley's surprise Monday night.

John Wiley shares photos of a 1937 Lockheed airplane parked at the airport on Friday.

California Valley was starting to bloom when John Wiley flew by Painted Rock and Soda Lake.

Here's a full height close up of Tangerine Falls from John Wiley, revealing trees and shrubs returning

Island gems appeared out of the mist as John Wiley flew past, verdant from rains and promising an approaching bloom.

The snow beyond Gibraltar is beautiful, as is the sight of Gibraltar spilling!

Here are aerial views of a few local waterfalls and Devereux Slough from John Wiley, flowing with the most water in years.

A peaking peak, caved cliff, Vandenberg view, lush lake, and brilliant birds from John Wiley's flight to Oceano.

Is future narrowing of 101 shown in John Wiley's pics, and do you see more orange?

Here are a few of the many attractions John Wiley enjoys on a Carp to Goleta flight.

The clear view from Carp to SB was capped by seeing water in Tangerine Falls on John Wiley's flight.

Up in our dry hills Tuesday hoping for a Wednesday start to the rainy season, John Wiley got some views to share.

A smoky sunset flight past Mugu and Camarillo brought John Wiley a glimpse of colorful destruction.

This year the State of Halloween was fun again for John Wiley.

In the austere beauty of this season before rainy season, John Wiley flew a "moisture survey."

After our light rain, John Wiley discovered the Santa Ynez Valley still looks dry.

With storms in the forecast, John Wiley asks for your predictions on how these aerial views will change

These "gull's eye" memories from John Wiley show some of the various activities off our beaches.

John Wiley got this view of Morro Rock looking like a volcano,  and the Front Fire looking like it might be diminishing.

Is it the unusual foam that caught John Wiley's attention as he flew past the harbor?

One of the many things John Wiley enjoys about the Fiesta Parade is the "fire brigade" and he got some pix of kids fired up by it.

Construction at the Miramar and other sites around town passed beneath John Wiley's wings in these pics.

It looks like another long hot Summer ahead, and we've already had three wildfires that John Wiley flew past yesterday.