The Blanco Telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, high in the Andes in Chile. This digital image was recorded with a sensitive detector intended for astronomical imaging -- the observatory is lit solely by starlight.
                                            (Roger Smith/AURA/NOAO/NSF)

The Rarity of a Starlit Sky

The Blanco Telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, high in the Andes in Chile. This digital image was recorded with a sensitive detector intended for astronomical imaging -- the observatory is lit solely by starlight.

Credit: Roger Smith/AURA/NOAO/NSF