Earth’s clearest skies visible from Antarctic plateau

A research team has found that the Antarctic plateau offers world-beating atmospheric conditions to view possibly the clearest skies on Earth.

According to a report in New Scientist, Michael Ashley of the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, and his colleagues wanted to find the best sites for astronomy on the Antarctic plateau.

Combining observations from satellites and ground stations with climate models, they evaluated different factors that affect telescope vision, such as the amount of water vapour, wind speeds and atmospheric turbulence.

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