Wow. The Station Fire is now at 85,000 acres — and there have been no Santa Ana winds pushing this monster along. Some homes were lost last night near Acton, according to this morning's news conference. The communications equipment and solar observatory on Mount Wilson remain threatened but intact. Winds, however, could be more of a factor today — though two super-scooper aircraft have arrived to help fight the fire. "We are making progress. But it is very slow and very dangerous," Mike Dietrich of the L.A. County Fire Department said. "We have to wait for the fire to come to us."

Matt Middlebrook, former Mayor Hahn's communications deputy, just posted on Twitter: "The view of Los Angeles from the air this morning was like a picture of hell with all the smoke and the fires still raging."

Check out the L.A. Times photo gallery — some amazing and hard-to-get stuff.