The race to reclaim the dark, on BBC Future Planet

Here’s a nice article which explains the importance and the benefits of having a dark sky. Britain seems to be ahead and leading, so bravo 🙂

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Riding piggyback on the observatory’s largest telescope to see the stars…

In the photo above you see lots of stars – but on the left you also see the heavy light pollution of the city where I took this (Darmstadt, Germany).

As always, thanks for reading.