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Idaho Statesman | Cloudy Sky Gives Way for Boise Sightseers to Savor Eclipse

‘Right at the right time’: Cloudy sky gives way for Boise sightseers to savor eclipse

Article written by Kevin Fixler

Boise State freshman Hunter Gregory, 19, of Boise, uses a telescope to reflect an image of the annular solar eclipse onto a sheet of paper at Boise State University, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023. Boise State Physics’ Central Idaho Dark Sky Reserve STEM Network hosted an eclipse watch event at the Student Union Intramural Field. Sarah A. Miller smiller@idahostatesman.com

“Earlier in the morning, Brian Jackson, associate professor in Boise State’s physics department, led a presentation on solar eclipses. He explained that annular eclipses actually occur less frequently than the total solar eclipses that tend to get a little more attention.

Boise was fortunate to fall within the eclipse’s path this time around, he told the Statesman in an interview — despite morning weather that didn’t completely cooperate. “We got lucky with this,” Jackson said, “just not with the clouds.”

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