... International English . ... Espa†‘ol (Chile) . ... ESO, the European Southern Observatory . ... Travel to Antofagasta . ... ESO Acronyms . ... During the Second International Seminar on Light Pollution held on 2тАУ4 August at the Atacama Desert Museum in Antofagasta, Chile, the mayor of Taltal, Guillermo Hidalgo, the ESO Representative in Chile, Massimo Tarenghi, and the mayor of Antofagasta, Marcela Hernando, participate in a demonstration of different technical solutions to avoid light pollution. ...

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... International Dark-Sky Association, 3225 North First Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85719; ida@darksky.org ; http://www.darksky.org . ... Several articles on light pollution in Sky & Telescope , Sept. ... Several dozen IDA Information Sheets, on almost every topic related to light pollution, are available from the International Dark-Sky Association (see address above) . ... International Dark-Sky Association: http://www.darksky.org . ... Light Pollution (Set of 20 Slides), ASP Catalog AS 294, $26.95 . ...

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... The eleven years cycle of Sun's activity is approaching its maximum! From August 24th to 29th a team of astronomers, engineers and astro-photographers will travel to southern Greenland to observe the Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis), a phenomenon expected to be particularly spectacular during this period. ... Auroras . The wonderful celestial spectacle of the aurora occurs when very energetic particles from the Sun reach the Earth's atmosphere via the solar wind. ... About GLORIA . ...

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