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Mexico: ‘Dark-sky friendly’ streetlights to reduce pollution

Name: Mexico: ‘Dark-sky friendly’ streetlights to reduce pollution
Uploaded: 2017-06-30T09:55:51Z
Duration: 2 min 27 s
Description: Light pollution has made it difficult to see the Milky Way, our home galaxy. But a handful of cities, including one in northern Mexico, are bucking the trend.

Light pollution has made it difficult to see the Milky Way, our home galaxy. But a handful of cities, including one in northern Mexico, are bucking the trend.

Light pollution has made it difficult to see the Milky Way, our home galaxy.

But a handful of cities, including one in northern Mexico, are bucking the trend.

Ensenada in Baja California is changing its streetlights so that everyone can get a better view.

Al Jazeera’s John Holman reports from Ensenada.

By John Holman