Mojoe Outfitters
Adventurist
The Bobcat Fire started Sunday afternoon near the Cogswell reservoir on the West Fork of the San Gabriel River which is just north of the front range of the San Gabriel Mountains above Arcadia and Duarte in CA. The fire has already breached the 5,000 foot ridge above the city and is now moving down the steep slope. The fire is also starting to encroach on the Big Santa Anita Canyon where I own one of the historic hike-in cabins built over 100 years ago throughout the canyon complex.
The Mount Wilson Observatory has an amazing view of much of the San Gabriel Mountains including the Big Santa Anita Canyon that is directly below the mountain top. There is a webcam on the 100 foot high Solar telescope that is pointed in the direction of where the fire broke out. The camera takes time lapse videos of the view and I have attached a few of them below. I thought you folks would like to see how scary and powerful wildfires can be. The Big Santa Anita Canyon can be seen at the lower right of the image.
http://c1.hpwren.ucsd.edu/archive/wilson-e-mobo-c/large/20200906/MP4/Q5.mp4
http://c1.hpwren.ucsd.edu/archive/wilson-e-mobo-c/large/20200906/MP4/Q6.mp4
http://c1.hpwren.ucsd.edu/archive/wilson-e-mobo-c/large/20200906/MP4/Q7.mp4
http://c1.hpwren.ucsd.edu/archive/wilson-e-mobo-c/large/20200906/MP4/Q8.mp4
Cam
The Mount Wilson Observatory has an amazing view of much of the San Gabriel Mountains including the Big Santa Anita Canyon that is directly below the mountain top. There is a webcam on the 100 foot high Solar telescope that is pointed in the direction of where the fire broke out. The camera takes time lapse videos of the view and I have attached a few of them below. I thought you folks would like to see how scary and powerful wildfires can be. The Big Santa Anita Canyon can be seen at the lower right of the image.
http://c1.hpwren.ucsd.edu/archive/wilson-e-mobo-c/large/20200906/MP4/Q5.mp4
http://c1.hpwren.ucsd.edu/archive/wilson-e-mobo-c/large/20200906/MP4/Q6.mp4
http://c1.hpwren.ucsd.edu/archive/wilson-e-mobo-c/large/20200906/MP4/Q7.mp4
http://c1.hpwren.ucsd.edu/archive/wilson-e-mobo-c/large/20200906/MP4/Q8.mp4
Cam