Wow, smoke close to Kitt Peak.

[Ptah]

These live webcam images were captures from here:

http://solis.nso.edu/camim.html

The observatories have been evacuated.


:scared:

[Ptah]

1. Wildfire inches toward Kitt Peak, chars sacred mountain range

http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/hourlyupdate/190940


Wildfire inches toward Kitt Peak, chars sacred mountain range
By Josh Brodesky
Arizona Daily Star
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 07.08.2007

A wildfire that spread to more than 3,500 acres Sunday was inching closer toward Kitt Peak National Observatory and churning across a mountain range Tohono O'odham consider to be sacred.
As of Sunday night Kitt Peak's 23 telescopes were safe. But flames cut across the Baboquivari Mountains, about 50 miles southwest of Tucson, leaving disparate patches of hot spots as it consumed trees and brush. It was unclear how close the blaze was to Baboquivari Peak, which tribal members view as the home of their creator, I'itoi.
"Fire moves in fingers,"; said Jonetta Holt, a spokeswoman for the Eastern Arizona Incident Management Team. ";It doesn't move as a wall of flame."
At Kitt Peak, team division supervisor Tim Connor watched the Alhambre wildfire move a half mile closer to the telescopes in less than a day.

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[havocmom]

2. Did that area take some lightening hits?

Has the wind died down yet?