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Scottish park set to be Mecca for star gazers
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November 17, 2009, Tuesday
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A CORNER of Scotland has been designated Britain's first "Dark Sky Park," aiming to become a world-class destination for star-gazers.
Unlike most of densely populated Britain, where light pollution stops 90 percent of people seeing the Milky Way, the Galloway Forest Park, a 780-square-kilometer expanse of southwestern Scotland, is almost totally dark at night.
The Forestry Commission, which runs the park, hopes the award will double visitor numbers from the current 850,000 a year as city dwellers from nearby Edinburgh and Glasgow flock to view stars that are impossible to see from urban areas.
"Tourism is the single largest economic development opportunity for southwest Scotland," said the Forestry Commission's Keith Muir.
Unlike most of densely populated Britain, where light pollution stops 90 percent of people seeing the Milky Way, the Galloway Forest Park, a 780-square-kilometer expanse of southwestern Scotland, is almost totally dark at night.
The Forestry Commission, which runs the park, hopes the award will double visitor numbers from the current 850,000 a year as city dwellers from nearby Edinburgh and Glasgow flock to view stars that are impossible to see from urban areas.
"Tourism is the single largest economic development opportunity for southwest Scotland," said the Forestry Commission's Keith Muir.
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