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Mount Stromlo Observatory
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Mount Stromlo Observatory located just outside Canberra, Australia, is part of the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the Australian National University (ANU). Australia's oldest telescope and several others at the observatory were destroyed by bushfire in 2003.
Remains of the old administration building with the dome of the Farnham telescope
Remains of the old administration building with the dome of the Farnham telescope
Remains of the dome of the 1.3 metres (50 in) Great Melbourne telescope
Remains of the dome of the 1.3 metres (50 in) Great Melbourne telescope
Statue of an astronomer and the concept of the cosmic distance ladder, created by scientist and artist Tim Wetherell, made from the azimuth ring and o
Statue of an astronomer and the concept of the cosmic distance ladder, created by scientist and artist Tim Wetherell, made from the azimuth ring and other parts of the Yale-Columbia Refractor (telescope) (c 1925) wrecked by the 2003 Canberra bushfires which burned out the Mount Stromlo Observatory; at Questacon, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.
2003 Canberra bushfires
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The 2003 Canberra bushfires caused severe damage to the suburbs and outer areas of Canberra, the capital city of Australia, during 18–22 January 2003. Almost 70% of the Australian Capital Territory's (ACT) pastures, pine plantations, and nature parks were severely damaged, and most of the Mount Stromlo Observatory was destroyed. After burning for a week around the edges of the ACT, the fires entered the suburbs of Canberra on 18 January 2003. Over the next ten hours, four people died, over 490 were injured, and 470 homes were destroyed or severely damaged, requiring a significant relief and reconstruction effort.
2003 Canberra bushfires
Woden Town Centre
Woden Town Centre
Canberra's suburban hills engulfed in flames during the bushfires.
Canberra's suburban hills engulfed in flames during the bushfires.
ACTFB firefighters hosing down the roof of the Emergency Services Bureau.
ACTFB firefighters hosing down the roof of the Emergency Services Bureau.