The CPRE campaigns to reduce light pollution. The Isle of Wight is blessed with relatively low levels, thanks to limited industrial activity and the barrier of the Downs for those stargazing on the South side.

A special mention is due to Wight Salads, whose glasshouse lighting is screened at roof level and remains almost invisible from above, despite the high intensity lights used for propagation.

Please visit this site (click here or on the image below) to discover how dark night skies are being destroyed by thoughtless installation of inappropriate lighting systems - and what to do to reverse the effect of light pollution. John Langley (Chairman and astronomer)

Vectis Astronomical Society's website is here.