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Photo of the Day: Full Moon

By Jared Treece, Photographer
March 17, 2020
The diamond ring effect is pictured shortly after the Great American Eclipses totality, Monday Aug. 21, 2017, at Saluki Stadium. Thousands of eclipse viewers fought cloud coverage to see the eclipses totality at Saluki Stadium. (Brian Muñoz | @BrianMMunoz)

‘Spectacular data’ collected from the eclipse, SIU Citizen CATE researcher says

By Cory Ray
September 2, 2017
Louisiana State University senior physics major Brad Landry holds a weather balloon carrying experiments from three different Louisiana colleges minutes before launch, Monday, Aug 21. 2017, at SIU Stadium. Landry released the balloon at 11:51 a.m. where it then traveled 100,000 feet into the sky with devices used to measure changes in solar power levels, UV radiation and the speed of sound. “When we started college, we never expected to work on something like this, Landry said. Its a really cool experience. (Cory Ray | @coryray_DE)

Louisiana students visit SIU, propel weather balloons 100,000 feet

By Cory Ray
August 21, 2017
Christopher Mandrell, a graduate student from Marion studying physics, takes apart an 80mm telescope Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017, outside Neckers after a practice run aligning the telescope in preparation for the eclipse. Mandrell will camp out at the University Farms “dark site” the night before he the eclipse so he can set up for the experimental run the following day. “This is the classic ... telescope,” Mandrell said. “It’s a refraction scope just using the lenses to focus just like your glasses.” (Cory Ray | @coryray_DE)

Students prepare to capture the sun’s corona as part of a national research project

By Cory Ray
August 15, 2017
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