Hughes lives in Cornwall, a peninsula in the southwestern tip of England that ju
ts out into the Atlantic Ocean. His home is in West Penwith, a region renowned f
or its rugged moors, granite tors and mystic stone circles. Dark skies are a por
tal to this heritage: "These are the same stars that cavemen in furs and woolly
mammoths would look at in the Neolithic [era]," says Hughes.
Although the landscape around them is undergoing change, with new houses, hotels
and developments springing up, residents of West Penwith can feel safe in the k
nowledge that their night skies will likely be protected for generations to come
. This is because in December 2021, the region became a Dark Sky Park: an intern
ational marker of exceptionally low light pollution.
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