File:How light pollution affects the dark night skies (dark-skies).jpg

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English: This image illustrates the Bortle scale, which measures the impact of light pollution on the dark skies at a given location. It shows, from left to right, the increase in the number of stars and night-sky objects visible in excellent dark sky conditions compared with cities. The illustration is a modification of an original photograph taken at ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile, a place with excellent dark-sky conditions, perfect for astronomy.
Date 29 June 2022, 08:52 (upload date)
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Author ESO/P. Horálek, M. Wallner
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This image illustrates the Bortle scale, which measures the impact of light pollution on the dark skies at a given location.

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