Chile
Protecting the darkness in Chile’s Atacama desert
Light pollution is threatening the future of astronomy. Can a new nationwide lighting standard matter?
Growing up in Chile’s Atacama Desert, Paulina Villalobos thought the Milky Way’s presence in the pristine starry skies was a given. Her father, an amateur astronomer, would wake her when a comet crossed the night sky. But Villalobos later moved to Sa... [10089 chars]