Light pollution is the greatest enemy of today's ground-based observational astronomy. In the highest mountains of Romania, the Fagaras part of the Carpathians, one would expect to be far away from this disgraceful waste we are producing. Yet, it is omnipresent...
The red light on the snow comes from a signal beacon installed on a communications tower nearby and the view is towards Sibiu. Just comparing this image with the sight from an unpolluted spot on Earth makes us sad....
