ABOVE: A view of Mount Wilson Observatory on September 15, 2020.
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Update (September 21): Mt. Wilson observatory is now considered safe from the Bobcat Fire, according to The New York Times.
Update (September 17): Mt. Wilson appears to be under threat again. “The #BobcatFire is still on our back. We thought we might have it down, but...... The more active area appears to be moving northward,” the Mount Wilson Observatory reported a few hours ago on its Twitter feed.
Sparing no effort, firefighters successfully waged all-out war yesterday (September 15) on a wildfire that threatened two famous telescopes and other scientific and communications equipment that sit atop Mt. Wilson, a mountain a little more than 30 miles northeast of Los Angeles.
Flames from the fire tore through the Angeles National Forest and came within 500 feet of the grounds of the historic telescopes on the mountain, David Dantic, a spokesman ...
