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Mount Wilson Observatory In Danger From L.A. Fire

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. Re:Watching it from home by bughunter · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Whoops... let's try that second link again Better Images Here.

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    I can see the fnords!
  2. Time Lapse until dead by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    About 34 hours before the cam went offline, I decided to start grabbing the images for a time lapse in case it did go dead. I put it here:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-H6awKq9AA