We were camping a couple of weeks ago at Montaña de Oro State Park which is just south of Morro Bay in California. The tide pools, from a distance are beautiful. 
As you get close to the water you realize that oil has covered quite a bit of the rocks in the tide pools.
I have no idea when the oil had spilled into these tidepools. I have done an Internet search but nothing concrete pops up. There was the large Santa Barbara oil spill in 1969 and the oil spill in the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes. Whatever the cause the damage is still strongly visible in the tidepools.
2 comments:
It's natural tar from local seeps. There's lots on the beach at Morro bay so watch where you walk!
very interesting,i like the news paper idea
Post a Comment