NASA, college eclipse weather balloons found in NE Ohio

*The above video is about Purdue University’s eclipse weather balloon falling into Lake Erie*

ERIE COUNTY, Ohio (WJW) — An eclipse weather balloon, with atmospheric measurement devices, was found on a small cattle ranch in Berlin Heights Saturday, as well as in Elyria and throughout Northeast Ohio.

University of Wyoming students drove 1,300 miles to Bluffton, Ohio, to be in the path of totality for the eclipse on April 8.

The balloons were launched from Bluffton and rose to 110,000 feet before being landing with its parachute 110 miles away in Berlin Heights where it was found by Angie Catalano who sent pictures of the weather balloon to Fox 8 News.

The students launched 32 weather balloons to take real time readings of temperature, wind, humidty and gravity waves to see how the shadow of the eclipse might impact those elements.

University of Wyoming Researcher Philip Bergmaier told Fox 8 News Saturday, the students’ research could help with future weather forecasting and furthers the study of eclipses.

“It was a great opportunity for Wyoming students to get field work in Ohio,” he said.

The eclipse study is part of the University of Wyoming NASA Space Grant Consortium.

For more information about the Nationwide Eclipse Ballooning Project, you can click here.