LA Fires threaten Griffith Observatory
May. 9th, 2007 07:26 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Dangit, they just finisher renovating that thing, and now a wildfire is raging through the park in which the observatory is located.
*crosses fingers*
The park is in the Hollywood Hills, about 10 miles north of downtown Los Angeles. It includes golf courses, tennis courts, the city's zoo and botanical gardens and the copper-domed Griffith Park Observatory.
The bright orange glow of the fire provided a striking backdrop for the white facade of the observatory into the evening hours.
*crosses fingers*
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