• Goleta Monarch Butterfly Grove – Field Trip

    Description: In a good year, as many as 20,000 monarch butterflies spend the winter here in the Butterfly Grove located in the Ellwood Mesa Preserve. In the morning, most of […]

  • Genesis of Daguerreotype

    January 4, 1829: Joseph Nicéphore Niépce and Louis Daguerre form a partnership to improve photographic processes, laying the groundwork for the daguerreotype.

  • Photographic Drawing Presented

    March 19, 1839: William Henry Fox Talbot presents his photogenic drawing process to the Royal Society in London, introducing the concept of paper-based negatives just weeks after Daguerre's announcement. Process: […]

  • Eastman Patent

    September 4, 1888: George Eastman receives a patent for his roll film, a flexible celluloid-based medium that replaced glass plates and paved the way for portable cameras. On this date, […]