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Balloons will broadcast the 2017 solar eclipse live from on high

Astrophysicist Angela Des Jardins wants to show the world in first-of-its-kind livestream

SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS Students practice launching balloons like the ones that will loft cameras to livestream the solar eclipse on August 21.

Kelly Gorham/Montana State University

By Lisa Grossman

July 26, 2017 at 1:30 pm

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