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Observatory Destroyed By Fire

Australia's Mount Stromlo Observatory was destroyed by forest fires on Saturday, January 18. The fires were started a week ago by lightning strikes in Namadgi National Park, too remote for effective firefighting. They have claimed four lives and four hundred homes. The observatory has lost six telescopes and a brand new spectrograph scheduled for installation on Mauna Kea, in Hawaii.

Posted by Songdog on January 21, 2003 01:52 PM |

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