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The telescope, apart from its size, benefits from the exceptionally dark sky above Mount Paranal, which is the least light-polluted among all major astronomical locations in the western world.

Experts are warning that the South American nation's "pristine" dark desert skies, which are "world-renowned" for astronomy, are in danger from the march of urban and industrial development.

When I got home, there was a copy of Anna Levin’s new book aptly titled Dark Skies sitting in my mailbox. I like short books packed with information, and the timing couldn’t have been better.

He says that while the night skies are stunningly dark, there is always a green glow on the horizon — squid boats using LED lights to attract plankton and the squid that feed on them.