High Altitude Balloons For Eclipse Viewing

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Students and professors from two Connecticut universities are taking part in a project that will provide a unique view ofthis month’s solar eclipse.
More than 50 teams, including ones from the University of Hartford and the University of Bridgeport, will launch 8-foot-tall high-altitude balloons alongthe path of the Aug. 21 eclipse.
The balloons will carry cameras up to 100,000 feet, near the edge of space, to capture footage of the event.
The University