This 10,000-square-mile natural wonder is home to legendary trails like the Routeburn, Greenstone-Caples, and Rees-Dart tracks.
Instead, it involved a five-year grassroots effort by theTahuna Glenorchy Dark Sky Group.
Starry night sky over the Glenorchy Wharf Shed in the Tāhuna Glenorchy Dark Sky Sanctuary, New Zealand.Credit:Corrine Davis/Courtesy of Tāhuna Glenorchy Dark Sky Sanctuary
The Milky Way over the mountains at Glenorchy.Steve Daggar Photography/Getty Images