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Chile’s perfect skies for stargazing under threat from giant chemical plant

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Chile 's Atacama desert is the driest non-polar region on Earth .

Astronomers are warning that the dark skies are under threat.

The proposed Inna project is just 11.6km from one of Chile ’s most important observatories.

The astronomical community is unequivocal in its rejection of the $ 10bn project.

Chile has pioneering light pollution regulation as part of its environmental norms.

The country promotes dark skies as a basic right to dark skies.

Dr Falchi : It is nonsense to me that with 6,400km of coastline in Chile , they have to put this facility so close to the biggest telescope in the world’.

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