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Block Out the Star to See Life

Achieving totality with astrophysicists in Idaho

Isaac Simpson
Aug 29, 2017 · 12 min read
Mike Fortner, a physics professor at Northern Illinois University, uses a homemade polymer disk to catch the beginning of the 2017 solar eclipse in Weiser, Idaho.

In Weiser, Idaho, a tribe of astrophysicists whooped and danced as the moon blocked out the sun. They were ostensibly in town for a Exoclipse, a conference at Boise State on exoplanets, but that was just an excuse to witness totality with other astrophysicists from around the globe.

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