Lenoir-Rhyne students were one of 30 teams launching high altitude balloons to study the eclipse. Here’s what they found.
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Southwestern CC teams with NASA for balloon study
It’s going to start getting dark in Sylva, NC, just after noon on August 21, 2017.
That’s because Sylva lies directly in the path of a once-in-a-generation natural phenomenon that will blanket the area in daytime darkness. A total solar eclipse will track across the contiguous (lower 48) United States for the first time since 1979. The last time Jackson County fell in the path of what scientists call “totality” was in the year 1506; the next total solar eclipse won’t cast a shadow on Jackson County until 2153.
High Altitude Balloon Science
Students at Lenoir-Rhyne University join a NASA program to launch high altitude balloons that will capture images and data during the 2017 solar eclipse.