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Tiny Sark Named First ‘Dark-Sky’ Island

Lights Out: Tiny Sark Named First 'Dark-Sky' Island
Lights Out: Tiny Sark Named First 'Dark-Sky' Island

The International Dark-Sky Association has named the English Channel island of Sark its first “dark-sky” island.

There are billions and billions of stars in the sky, but most people in the developed world can only see a handful of them because of light pollution. Street lamps, illuminated signs and floodlit monuments all send light into the atmosphere, obscuring the much fainter stars.