‘Right at the right time’: Cloudy sky gives way for Boise sightseers to savor eclipse
Article written by Kevin Fixler
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“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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