Rangeley Highlander interviews astronomy center director on April eclipse

The Rangeley Highlander interviewed Shawn Laatsch, director of the University of Maine’s Versant Power Astronomy Center, about the upcoming total solar eclipse April 8, which is expected to have a direct path through Maine. “The sky gets dark, like twilight. It’s silvery. Shadows are weird. You’ll see some of the brighter stars and planets. It looks like there’s a hole in the sky. Birds and animals pay attention. The temperature drops a little bit. Winds typically die down,” said Laatsch. “It’s an amazing, total-body experience.”