With the London Philharmonic providing the audio backdrop, lasers are to light up the night sky, beaming across town to touch several landmarks: the London Eye, the Gherkin, Tower Bridge.

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Fireworks will light up the night sky.

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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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They are too bright, too sensitive and often badly angled, sending unwanted light into neighbouring windows and the night sky, say critics.

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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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