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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Did you miss the eclipse? Here are the next ones this century
Maybe you didn't hear about the August 21 solar eclipse in time to prepare. Maybe you were stuck inside the entire day. Maybe you just did’t care at the time—I won’t judge. The reality is there have been solar eclipses throughout history and there are more to come.
Solar Eclipse 2017
Watch a video of the solar eclipse from August 21, and check out all of our solar eclipse videos, animations and educational resources, right here.
Solar Eclipse Awesome Totality: Lesson Plan
Learn about the path of the 2017 solar eclipse, coming to North Carolina on August 21.
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.
Solar Eclipse
North Carolina will have a front row seat to the first solar eclipse that has been visible in the U.S. since 1991.
Understanding a Solar Eclipse: Then and Now
Thanks to scientific observations with telescopes, satellites and mathematical calculations, we not only understand what happens during a solar eclipse but we can also predict when they will occur and where they will be seen well into the future.
That hasn’t always been the case.
Take, for example, the origin of the word eclipse. It’s derived from the ancient Greek word ekleipsis, meaning "abandonment." You get the idea. The folks back then thought the Sun had just turned off. It had, in effect, abandoned the Earth.
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