This is a sunset in Santa Barbara from Shoreline Park looking towards the Channel Islands. We don't often get beautiful sunsets in Santa Barbara because it is either foggy or sunny; we rarely have lingering cloud formations which are a requirement of great sunsets. Shoreline Park is just west of our harbor and is a lovely walk along a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean with a view of the Channel Islands. The coast of California runs East and West right here at Santa Barbara so the Pacific is almost due South of town - a strange thing that visitors have a hard time getting used to.