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Even amateur astronomers took to detailed discussions of the corona, umbra and penumbra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But for the high-altitude ballooning team from Lenoir-Rhyne University, the eclipse was serious science. \u201cWe met our major goals, streaming video from the payload during the eclipse \u2014 up to 70,000 feet anyway \u2014 and retrieved the student payload,\u201d notes Doug Knight, team adviser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey worked very well together as a team,\u201d he adds. \u201cThey each felt they had a part in the success of a project that none had any background in when we started about a year ago. The confidence in the team members is palpable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With funding from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ncspacegrant.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North Carolina Space Grant<\/a> sponsored the team and a variety of special events across the state. For classroom lessons, videos, animations and more, go to <a href=\"http:\/\/science.unctv.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science.unctv.org <\/a>and search for eclipse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This article was published in the <a href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/previous-issues\/2017-2\/autumn-2017\/\" class=\"broken_link\">Autumn 2017<\/a> issue of<\/em> Coastwatch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>For contact information and reprint requests, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/contact\/\">ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/contact\/<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Using special glasses and devices, millions of eyes turned skyward for a solar eclipse on Aug. 21.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":8938,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"views\/single-immersive.blade.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ncst_custom_author":"Katie Mosher","ncst_show_custom_author":true,"ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"ncst\/default-immersive-post-header","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"{\"backgroundColor\":\"custombg_one\",\"caption\":\"The Lenoir-Rhyne University team launched their high-altitude balloon during the solar eclipse. 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