Spotted via the Los Angeles Times L.A. Now blog.
A huge wildfire has knocked out a popular webcam at the historic Mt. Wilson Observatory above Los Angeles. Here is the last image transmitted by the Mt. Wilson Observatory Towercam before operators lost contact with the camera yesterday afternoon:
A message on the Towercam site, which is operated by UCLA, explains: "The Mount Wilson webserver has gone down, most likely due to a backfire infiltration of a pull box containing telephone lines that bring us our T1 internet service." An update today says the mountain is in good shape and the situation is stable. However, the Los Angeles Times reports that the observatory may still be in danger.
Mt. Wilson is at the southern edge of what's known as the Station fire in Los Angeles County. The fire has grown to over 140,000 acres in size, according to CAL FIRE.
