Balloons will broadcast the 2017 solar eclipse live from on high
Astrophysicist Angela Des Jardins wants to show the world in first-of-its-kind livestream
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SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS Students practice launching balloons like the ones that will loft cameras to livestream the solar eclipse on August 21.
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