On the morning of Jan. 18, 2003, Penny Sackett, then director of the Australian National University s Mount Stromlo Observatory outside Canberra, received a concerning email from a student at the facility. Bush fires that had been on the horizon the day before were now rapidly approaching. The astronomers on site were considering evacuating, the student wrote.
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