Media highlight eclipse viewing via UMaine high altitude balloon
Maine Public, WVII (FOX 22/ABC 7 in Bangor), the Portland Press Herald, Spectrum News, WMTW (Channel 8 in Portland), WABI TV (Channel 5 in Bangor) and featured a project by the University of Maine High Altitude Ballooning Group to launch a balloon during the total solar eclipse on April 8 to gather data and livestream it from the stratosphere. The balloon, which has a parachute attached, will expand up to 40 feet in diameter in the air, and will launch about an hour or two before totality. It will travel above the clouds at up to 90,000 feet with cameras on board capturing the eclipse. WBUR shared the report from Maine Public.