Taylor Spencer, a wildlife education field trip volunteer, points students from Lompoc Unified School District toward the shore during a wildlife education field trip at Ocean Park in Lompoc, Calif., Jan. 30, 2026. The wildlife education field trip was a part of a broader initiative from Vandenberg Space Force Base to educate the community about its environment. Students at the “Be a Biologist” station were allowed to use binoculars to look for western snowy plovers, a protected species, and monitor their peers creating scrapes, imitating the birds mentioned. This field trip belongs to a broader program that educates over 640 students and 120 parent chaperones and teachers about the environment encompassing VSFB. (U.S. Space Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ian Hawkes)
| Date Taken: | 01.30.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 02.23.2026 18:08 |
| Photo ID: | 9533142 |
| VIRIN: | 260130-X-DW038-1022 |
| Resolution: | 4236x2818 |
| Size: | 1.56 MB |
| Location: | VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIFORNIA, US |
| Web Views: | 21 |
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