Nev. team will capture eclipse from 100,000 feet in air

The view from 100,000 feet, part of NASA’s eclipse live-streaming project. Photo/NASA

By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal

A group of Nevada researchers plans to take solar eclipse viewing to new heights.

They’re launching a balloon outfitted with cameras to the edge of space just as the eclipse shadow rolls over eastern Oregon and Idaho.

The idea is to capture unique images from the first total solar eclipse viewable from the contiguous United States since 1979.