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Alexa Robles-Gil

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The vantage point of the foothills of the Chilean Andes provides some of the best views of the night sky in the world, especially from Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO), a Program of NSF’s NOIRLab. Earth is oriented in such a way that most of the Milky Way can be seen on a clear night from the southern hemisphere, where CTIO is located. (CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/T. Slovinský)

Protecting the darkness in Chile’s Atacama desert

Alexa Robles-Gil