Recently designated a Dark Sky Reserve for its lack of light pollution and the exceptional quality of its night sky, Iveragh is one of only seven such reserves in the world and the first in the northern hemisphere to get gold-tier status, the highest possible grading issued by the International Dark-Sky Association.

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Meanwhile, the blue gantries, now a symbol of people power, still merrily light up the Gauteng night sky.

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But it is at night that the mosque glows - its 82 domes light up like dozens of bright light bulbs in the dark sky.

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