Work Progresses on Giant Telescope in Chile's Atacama Desert
CERRO ARMAZONES, Chile (Reuters) - Dozens of boxes holding mirrors are placed along a remote desert hill in northern Chile as ...
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World’s Largest Telescope Faces a New Dire Threat: Light Pollution from Renewable Energy
Observatories in Chile’s Atacama Desert, including the world’s largest optical telescope, could be blinded by light pollution ...
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See inside Chile's ghost town where 'white gold' drew thousands of miners in the early 19th century
Humberstone in northern Chile is now a ghost town. Beginning in the late 1860s, hundreds of people lived and worked in Humberstone and nearby Santa Laura. Located in the Atacama Desert ...
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World's largest telescope threatened by light pollution from renewable energy project
ESO estimates the complex will leak as much light pollution as a city with a population of about 20,000. Parts of the ...
Five of the best destinations for stargazing
Reach for the stars with our guide to the best dark-sky reserves on the planet, from the French Pyrenees to the Atacama ...
Chile's celestial crisis: Can dark skies survive development?
Chile's pristine, dark desert skies, world-renowned for astronomy, are at risk of being outshined by urban and industrial ...
Inside the Extremely Large Telescope being built in Chile
STORY: Among the remote desert hills of northern Chile lies the aptly named “Extremely Large Telescope.”:: Cerro Armazones, ...
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World's largest telescope threatened by light pollution from renewable energy project
Mount Paranal, an 8,740-foot-high (2,664 m) peak in the Atacama Desert of Northern Chile, is one of the last spots on Earth free from urban and industrial light pollution. Thanks to the unique ...
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Work progresses on giant telescope in Chile's Atacama Desert
ESO's Extremely Large Telescope construction at Atacama desert in Chile ...