ESO estimates the complex will leak as much light pollution as a city with a population of about 20,000. Parts of the ...

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Under threat: the European Southern Observatory’s flagship Paranal Observatory in Chile’s Atacama Desert is home to the Very Large Telescope (courtesy ... “The proximity of the AES Andes industrial ...

Observatories in Chile’s Atacama Desert, including the world’s largest optical telescope, could be blinded by light pollution ...

One of the darkest slices of night sky on the planet may soon ... may be built in Chile's Atacama Desert. The Atacama is famed for its pitch-black skies and lack of light pollution, and it's ...

Astronomers worry about light pollution from industrial projects Chile's mining and energy projects threaten dark desert skies AES ... natural brightness of the sky would not exceed 0.27% on ...

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AES Chile, the Chile-based ... legal protections of the Chilean night sky, especially in the vicinity of the precious observatories in the Atacama Desert. The Chilean government passed regulations ...

CERRO ARMAZONES, Chile - Dozens of boxes holding mirrors ... It is situated in the middle of the arid Atacama Desert, considered one of the best places on Earth for astronomy.

Work Progresses on Giant Telescope in Chile's Atacama Desert By Rodrigo Gutierrez CERRO ARMAZONES, Chile (Reuters) - Dozens of boxes holding mirrors are placed along a remote desert hill in ...