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A California wildfire nearly destroyed the historic Lick observatory – Ars Technica
The state’s apocalyptic blazes have burned 2,000 square miles in 10 days. Here’s how they almost claimed a 130-year-old astronomical icon.
(WIRED reached out to Cal Fire, but they were not able to provide comment before press time due to Californias ongoing wildfires.)
Crews are still monitoring the area around the observatory, given that this group of wildfires, known as the SCU Lightning Complex, continues to blacken the region. As of August 26, the complex is only 25 percent contained, and it has so far chewed through 365,000 acres, or 570 square miles. But it appears the biggest threat to the historic Lick Observatory has pass…
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