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Just after taking off from Santa Barbara airport is the campus of UCSB (on the left) and student community of Isla Vista where I spent my undergraduate years.) Santa Barbara Channel Islands can be seen in the distance on this clear day.

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Inversion layer just started with Channel Islands barely visible.

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Marine Layer (clouds): “The cooler air below the inversion is called the marine layer and is cooled to the point at clouds form,” according to the National Weather Service.

Lompoc (larger left community) is a city in Santa Barbara County, CA. Located on the Central Coast, Lompoc has a population of 43,834 as of July 2021. Lompoc has been inhabited for thousands of years by the Chumash people, who called the area Lum Poc, meaning 'stagnant waters' or 'lagoon' in the local Purisimeño language.Wikipedia

Vandenberg Village (smaller village on right) is a census-designated place in the unincorporated area of Santa Barbara County, CA.. The population was 6,497 at the 2010 census, up from 5,802 at the 2000 census. It is a community situated in the hills north of Lompoc, California. Wikipedia

Vandenberg Space Force Base, previously Vandenberg Air Force Base, is a United States Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, CA. Established in 1941, Vandenberg Space Force Base is a space launch base, launching spacecraft from the Western Range, and also performs missile testing. Wikipedia

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