Protection areas for night skies multiply

Efforts among international organizations to fend off “light pollution” in pristine night skies have blossomed into a veritable dark sky movement.

By John Heilprin - April 1, 2019

The Milky Way and Magellanic clouds above a New Zealand observatory (AN/Paul Stewart)

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