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Flying in Circles
Sometimes ATC will tell an inbound pilot to fly a "360" for good spacing between inbound aircraft.
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Bridge Fire Aftermath
John Wiley looked for the inception point of the Bridge Fire and found charred furniture remnants.
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E.22 Spring 101 Bloom
Colors boomed bright along 101 from Santa Barbara to Paso and beyond on John Wiley's Easter '22 road trip.
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Holey Square
Has anyone climbed to the "holey rock" above Canada De Guillermo just past Arroyo Hondo, that John Wiley got aerial snaps of?
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Green Before the Storm
On a hazy day before our latest dusting of moisture and clearing wind, fading green still shone on hills over breathtaking blue from John Wiley's lofty perch
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Barbarian Life
After flying the continent, John Wiley is even more enamored of the Santa Barbarian life.
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Lima Five Two
The short flight to a favorite nearby airport brought John Wiley a refreshing afternoon.
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Long View
As another pandemic year winds down, John Wiley saw these long views of some favorite scenes that seem from another lifetime.
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First to Fly
What always flew? Long before people, birds, bats, or even pterodactyls slowly figured out how to fly, at least one thing flew that seems to be flying even faster now: Time.
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Getting High at Work
Some people get high at work every day, and this crew did it in plain view of John Wiley's zoom lens.
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Eyelash Down & Up
When he first moved to town, John Wiley didn't know what the Eyelash is - do you?
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60 Ton Waterbird?
Two waterbird questions from one of John Wiley's recent flights.
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Up
Vaccines in, John Wiley up, and a new batch of aerial photos over Santa Barbara to Edhat.
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Cielo Cruise
Mountain nature and views came down to town in John Wiley's camera, where he ponders condors and other questions.
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La Cumbre Cloud Spill
A quiet moment came to John Wiley, watching this cloud from Santa Ynez Valley spill silently over La Cumbre Peak Friday.
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Rocket Sunset
John Wiley shares a photo of Saturday's colorful sunset.
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Halloween Sunset
John Wiley shares photos of the sunset on Halloween.
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Hot Moon
Scanning the hills for signs of fire Sunday night, John Wiley saw this red moon rising.
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Cox Internet Outage
John Wiley reports his internet via Cox wasn't working this morning near the intersection of Highway 101 at 154.
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OTOH Low Helo
Crisp photos of a powerline inspection helicopter from John Wiley.
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Camo Colors
Walking half the length of Goleta Beach takes longer than flying from SBA to the very different beauty of Santa Ynez Valley.
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Human Traffic
Fuzzy Friday was quiet downtown as John Wiley strolled the State Street closure, and encountered this power huddle.
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Summer Eve
Cool beaches, splashes of color, and Summery air greeted John Wiley flying home Wednesday evening.
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Mountain Mist
Evening mist gathered on our mountains as John Wiley enjoyed views beyond San Marcos Foothills.
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Angel View
John shares a past aerial photo of our little blue town by the big blue sea.
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March Marvels
Coming home John Wiley flew white peaks, waterfalls, coastal deep blue and verdant Spring green.
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Strange Sights
A nosy jet, freaky mud, and wispy moon clouds were among the sights John Wiley saw on a Lompoc flight Tuesday.
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Trail Rescue
Before the weather closed in John Wiley flew over the SBHS stadium construction and paused a moment to help some Sunday Samaritans.
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Platforms, Hendry's, Cave Fire
Foggy oil platforms and Hendry's, and more Cave burn pix from John Wiley's Friday flight.
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Cave Burn Area
Some scary views of the Cave Fire burn area emerged in John Wiley's sunset flight.