Blog: Interference in astronomy
By PhD candidate Kenzie Nimmo
Living in a big city like Amsterdam, even if there is a night with perfect weather conditions, light pollution limits the display above. I have been lucky enough to travel to the middle of the desert in Arizona, where, at night, the only source of light is coming from the plane of the Milky Way stretched over the sky above. It is truly breathtaking. Unfortunately, though, this experience highlights the damage light pollution is causing.
