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Places to stargaze around the world 🌎 Август – идеальная пора для наблюдения за звёздами, кто хоть раз мечтал о том, чтобы увидеть звездопад или большое скопление созвездий на небе? Из-за большого светового загрязнения в городах, сделать это довольно сложно. В статье собрали несколько идеальных мест для наблюдения за небом

Light pollution blots out the night sky for billions of people around the world, but there are still places where the night remains untouched by humans.

Minimum light pollution, dark cloudless nights, wide open air, and high altitudes are all factors that lead to the best conditions for skywatchers hoping to see amazing cosmic sights in locations around the world.

⭐️light pollution — световое загрязнение

⭐️cloudless — безоблачный

⭐️high altitude — большая высота над уровнем моря South America: Atacama Desert, Chile

It’s no coincidence that the world’s driest desert is also one of the best places to gaze at the stars. 

The lack of cloud cover, high altitudes, and flat, barren terrain give skywatchers unabridged access to an entire horizon. 

The desert is also the home to the Atacama Large Millimeter Array, which is a large telescope created in a joint effort by the United States, Europe, and East Asia. 

⭐️gaze at — смотреть на ⭐️barren terrain — местность со скудной растительностью ⭐️unabridged — полный (несокращенный)

⭐️in a joint effort — совместными усилиями

Africa: Sutherland, Northern Cape

Sutherland is so great for stargazing that scientists built the Southern Hemisphere’s largest single-optical telescope here — known as SALT or Southern African Large Telescope. 

If you’re ever in Cape Town, it’s probably worth the four-hour drive to the top of a long, winding road to catch a glimpse of some of the greatest stargazing the world has to offer.

⭐️catch a glimpse of — одним глазком взглянуть

Europe: Westhavelland International Dark Sky Reserve, Germany

Home to the darkest skies in Germany, Westhavelland is one of the newest inductees into the International Dark Sky Reserves — which is an organization dedicated to protecting our views of skies around the world. 

Westhavelland is also a nature reserve that’s essentially a huge meadow sprinkled with lakes and woodlands. 

⭐️inductee — новобранец

⭐️nature reserve — заповедник

⭐️meadow — луг, поляна

Asia: Doi Chiang Dao, Thailand 

It goes without saying that most of the world’s most beautiful skies belong to the mountains. 

In Thailand, the summit of Doi Chiang Dao is the third tallest peak in Thailand which gives you the ability to drink in the sky without facing a very difficult trail.

⭐️summit — вершина

⭐️trail — тропинка

https://mashable.com/2018/08/07/where-to-stargaze-skywatching/#EhpTSLZUxqq1