The Channel Island of Sark is a British crown dependency with 600 habitants, it measures only two square miles, but there aren't street lights. In 2011 it unveiled the world's first Dark Sky Island. Sark is located just 25 miles west of France's Normandy coast it has won the award, not only for the sky, but the efforts of this community to preserved their darkness. In 2015 it opened the observatory of Sark, for contemplate the sky stars.People take turns peering heavenward through a simple, sliding roof. From the island, you can see the Pleiades cluster in its full magnificence.
The ban on street lights means that any night-time walks are generally led by torchlight, while the lack of cars means people get around by foot, bicycle or horse-drawn carriage. Along the island’s dirt lanes Sark's array have wonderful old buildings from grand 16th century manors to brightly coloured cottages and shops with corrugated iron roofs. Sark have a small island next to him, her name is Little Sark, where that have handrails were built by German prisoners of war in 1945 following the island's liberation from Nazi rule, people crossed due to the risk of winds blowing them over the into the sea on the other side.
One of the tradition of Sark is the "Veilles" that have been held for centuries, bringing islanders together on cold nights to share the warmth of a fire while swapping stories and other entertainments.
I think it's an interesting text because it gives us information from one part of the planet, thanks to its inhabitants makes wonderful.I would like to travel to Sark to enter the observatory and contemplate the starry sky.
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