Stargazers in Brazil head to rural areas to see the stars

Mello using a laser light to show the Milky Way at the Desengano State Natural Park. — Photos: AFP

Awestruck by the oranges and blues of the Jewel Box star cluster, part of the Southern Cross constellation, Pedro Froes manages to get out a few words: “It’s incredible.”

Froes is viewing the stars from a telescope in Desengano State Park, a rural patch of Brazil largely spared from light pollution, located some 260km north of Rio de Janeiro.