Belt-Camping-Fehmarn is a large campground located in Fehmarn, a German island in the Baltic Sea, off the eastern coast of Schleswig-Holstein. The Fehmarn Sound Bridge (i.e., Fehmarnsundbrücke) connects the island with the German mainland near Großenbrode. In addition to the 260 campsites, condo rooms are also available within the campground. As an ofshore area of Germany the campground enjoys a pristine night sky approaching class 2 in the Bortle scale, making it one of the darkest locations in the country. A friend of EarthSky explained that “at night, the beach is a few feet away and it’s dark enough so that the Milky Way is visible.”
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Deborah Byrd created the EarthSky radio series in 1991 and founded EarthSky.org in 1994. Prior to that, she had worked for the University of Texas McDonald Observatory since 1976, and created and produced their Star Date radio series. Today, she serves as Editor-in-Chief of this website. She has won a galaxy of awards from the broadcasting and science communities, including having an asteroid named 3505 Byrd in her honor. In 2020, she won the Education Prize from the American Astronomical Society, the largest organization of professional astronomers in North America. A science communicator and educator since 1976, Byrd believes in science as a force for good in the world and a vital tool for the 21st century. "Being an EarthSky editor is like hosting a big global party for cool nature-lovers," she says.