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Italians stuck at home are measuring light pollution for ‘science on the balcony’

Life inside a red zone: A single light is switched on inside a house late at night in San Fiorano, one of the towns on lockdown in northern Italy due to a coronavirus outbreak, in this picture taken by schoolteacher Marzio Toniolo, March 3, 2020. Picture taken March 3, 2020. Marzio Toniolo/via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT - RC2TDF9QFNPE

Scientists are asking Italians to measure light pollution from their homes. Image: REUTERS

Devin Coldewey
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