India’s First Dark Sky Park
January 20 , 2024
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- The Pench Tiger Reserve (PTR) in Maharashtra has been marked as India's first Dark Sky Park.
- It is the fifth such park in Asia for protecting the night sky and preventing light pollution, making the facility ideal for astronomy enthusiasts.
- A dark-sky preserve is an area, usually surrounding a park or observatory, that restricts artificial light pollution.
- The purpose of the dark-sky movement is generally to promote astronomy.
- Pench Tiger Reserve or Pench National Park is one of the premier tiger reserves of India.
- It is the first one to span across two states - Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.
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