At 4:00 pm ADT on April 8th, the Solar Eclipse Balloon Project launched a balloon capable of ascending up to 30 Km into the stratosphere to live-stream video and images of the Sun, Moon and horizon back to the ground and to the Internet via YouTube.
Launched from Florenceville-Bristol, New Brunswick in the presence of a large crowd, images were live-streamed to a large screen at the launch site as well as to seven screens throughout Central New Brunswick.
The payload was comprised of 6 cameras on board, one of which took continuous video and one that was dynamically aimed at the Sun.
As the only citizen-led project of its kind outside of NASA, the Solar Eclipse Balloon Project could not have taken place without a huge team of volunteers, as well as generous sponsors, partners and donors.