California Fire Now Threatens Mount Wilson Observatory
The fire raging near Los Angeles, CA now threatens Mount Wilson and the astronomical observatory and bevy of cell phone and television and radio transmission towers atop it, according to the Associated Press.
“Fire crews set backfires and sprayed fire retardant at Mount Wilson, home to at least 20 television transmission towers, radio and cell phone antennas, and the century-old Mount Wilson Observatory. The observatory also houses two giant telescopes and several multimillion-dollar university programs. It is both a historic landmark and a thriving modern center for astronomy.”
As reported on NASAWatch, the fire earlier had threatened the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), but the immediate danger there appears to have passed.
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