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They turned the Mount Wilson Towercam around today to show the view over the LA Basin, and after dark it's a blazing checker-pattern of golden light. I've seen it once or twice from the air at dusk, and it's amazingly beautiful in its extravagant, light-polluting way. By daylight, on the other hand, particularly on the approach coming back from Hawaii, it's rather dreary and seems to go on for ever ...