<p>Star trails streak over Lake Tekapo in New Zealand in a newly released long-exposure picture.</p><p>The lake was one of the first sites designated as a <a href="http://www.starlight2007.net/StarlightReserves.html">Starlight Reserve</a> as part of a UN-supported initiative to preserve the quality of the night sky and its cultural, scientific, or natural values.</p><p>(Find out more about <a href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/11/light-pollution/klinkenborg-text">efforts to combat light pollution in <em>National Geographic </em>magazine</a>.)</p>
Star Reserve
Star trails streak over Lake Tekapo in New Zealand in a newly released long-exposure picture.
The lake was one of the first sites designated as a Starlight Reserve as part of a UN-supported initiative to preserve the quality of the night sky and its cultural, scientific, or natural values.
(Find out more about efforts to combat light pollution in National Geographic magazine.)
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