# ‘Mind-blowing’: dark-sky fans gather on Exmoor to see what light pollution hides

- Source: Space | The Guardian
- Published: 2026-11-07T13:00:11+00:00
- Category: Science
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/nov/07/dark-skies-festival-exmoor-light-pollution
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/mind-blowing-dark-sky-fans-gather-on-exmoor-to-see-what-light-pollutio-b5a767/

The UK is 14th most light-polluted country, but in south-west England the veil is lifted at the dark skies festival “It’s just mind-blowing,” says the astronomer and teacher Jo Richardson. She is standing in Exmoor national park talking about Saturn, the first planet she ever saw through a telescope. But it is not the cosmic colour of the planet that Richardson is drawn to, nor its mysteries – it

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