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  2. Palomar Mountain - Wikipedia

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    The Spanish name Palomar, meaning "pigeon roost" or “place of the pigeons”, comes from the Spanish colonial era in Alta California when Palomar Mountain was known as the home of band-tailed pigeons. [5] The peak was once called Mount Joseph Smith but reverted to its Spanish name, Palomar, in 1901. During the 1890s, the population was ...

  3. Palomar Observatory - Wikipedia

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    Palomar Mountain Observatory. /  33.3564°N 116.865°W  / 33.3564; -116.865. Palomar Observatory is an astronomical research observatory in the Palomar Mountains of San Diego County, California, United States. It is owned and operated by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).

  4. Palomar Mountain, California - Wikipedia

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    Climate. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Palomar Mountain has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csa" on climate maps. Annual precipitation on the mountain averages about 30 inches (highly variable from year to year), mostly falling between October and March. Snow falls during cold winter storms.

  5. Climate of San Diego - Wikipedia

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    The climate of San Diego, California is classified as a hot-summer Mediterranean climate ( Köppen climate classification Csa ). The basic climate features hot, sunny, and dry summers, and cooler, wetter winters. However, San Diego is much more arid than typical Mediterranean climates, and winters are still dry compared with most other zones ...

  6. Pauma Valley, California - Wikipedia

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    Pauma Valley ( Pauma, Luiseño for "place where there is water") [3] is a geographic valley and unincorporated community between Valley Center and Palomar Mountain in San Diego County, California. The name also refers to the agricultural region comprising citrus and avocado groves, and the location of several Indian Reservations, a country club ...

  7. October 2007 California wildfires - Wikipedia

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    The October 2007 California wildfires, also known as the Fall 2007 California firestorm, [11] were a series of about thirty wildfires (17 of which became major wildfires) [8] that began igniting across Southern California on October 20. At least 1,500 homes were destroyed [12] and approximately 972,147 acres (about 3,934 km 2, or 1,520 mi 2) of ...

  8. Mountain View, CA Weather - Hourly Forecasts and Local ... - AOL

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    Get the Mountain View, CA local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days.

  9. Hale Telescope - Wikipedia

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    The Hale Telescope is a 200-inch (5.1 m), f/ 3.3 reflecting telescope at the Palomar Observatory in San Diego County, California, US, named after astronomer George Ellery Hale. With funding from the Rockefeller Foundation in 1928, he orchestrated the planning, design, and construction of the observatory, but with the project ending up taking 20 ...