Tariq is the Editor-in-Chief of Space.com and joined the team in 2001, first as an intern and staff writer, and later as an editor. He covers human spaceflight, exploration and space science, as well as skywatching and entertainment. He became Space.com's Managing Editor in 2009 and Editor-in-Chief in 2019. Before joining Space.
POTSDAM, N.Y. — At first, it seemed like every other college orientation session happening in universities across the country.
Unlike nearby Clarkson University, which gave students just the afternoon off for the eclipse, SUNY Potsdam completely canceled for the celestial event. The university even invited its alumni for just $60 a night, a bargain when compared to nearby hotels going for $370 a night, but you did have to bring your own linens.
"But like, if I was going to be here for a full semester, I probably would have brought sheets," she added. Maybe a fan, too. That room ran a bit hot. That came at the end of the campus tour, when we joined the hundreds of spectators who had flocked to a school park with a band shell to watch the moon block the sun. A thin layer of clouds had persisted over Potsdam for much of the day, but it did not tarnish the truly spectacular views as the moon eclipsed the sun, leaving us all in awe for 3 minutes and 14 seconds as its shadow passed over the crowd.
"It was an absolutely amazing experience," our campus tour guide Zachary Byrd, a 22-year-old junior studying public health, said when I caught up with him later."I was just very star-struck looking at it … it was so cool to see, and I'm glad I got to experience this." SUNY Potsdam biology professor Sarah Sirsat shows off a solar eclipse dress while showing how quail and other animals react to the total solar eclipse dress on April 8, 2024.
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