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Night sight Welsh island is Europe’s first dark sky sanctuary

The sunsets are wonderful but the night that follows even more spectacular. If it is clear, the moon and stars illuminate the tiny island vividly; when it is cloudy, the darkness is thick and unbroken, “bible black” to quote Dylan Thomas.

Ynys Enlli (Bardsey Island), a few kilometres off the mainland of northwest Wales, has become the first site in Europe to receive

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