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Mount Wilson Observatory In Danger From L.A. Fire

Posted by timothy on Tuesday September 1, 2009 @05:33PM from the not-the-whole-mountain-but-the-observatory dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Mount Wilson is in danger from the Station fire burning near L.A. Their servers have gone offline, but there's a temporary mirror cam. It doesn't look good. Picture twenty-four on the L.A. Times photo gallery shows the observatory from the air. If anyone has any inside news on the condition of the facility, I'm sure there are lots of people on Slashdot who would love to hear it."

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Re:LA is full of Jews by Tablizer · 2009-09-01 17:55 · Score: 5, Funny

Gee, that explains all the taco stands.

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Re:Don't worry by MarkRose · 2009-09-01 17:57 · Score: 5, Funny

Of course the observatory will be fine; they're prepared. I would be very concerned if they didn't see it coming!

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Big Bang by Tablizer · 2009-09-01 17:57 · Score: 4, Funny

"I can see the Big Bang! We finally got enough power to peer back in time and....what? fire? hill? Daaaah Shit!"

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