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A community built on awe
Clayton Collins
Light pollution is聽the聽modern stargazer鈥檚聽nemesis, pulsing wherever people congregate. That stands to make one of humanity鈥檚 greatest opportunities for shared wonderment 鈥� such a unifying force 鈥� a relatively exclusive one.
Erika Page reports today from Madrid on a metalworker turned sidewalk astronomer who offers passersby free peeks through his telescope. Yes, city light is a limiting factor. He can offer just the major celestial bodies: the closer planets, the moon.
Alfredo Paniagua is open-hearted about the open sky. He answers questions. But mostly he hangs back, letting the universe do its work. As Erika writes: 鈥淗e gives visitors their own time with the infinite.鈥�
