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Scientists use eclipse for soil, land experiment

Oregon State University undergraduate Jack Blackham (left), recent OSU PhD graduate Steve Drake and UC Davis professor Holly Oldroyd work to install one of 16 instrument positions that will gather data during Monday's solar eclipse from a field south of Corvallis, Oregon, on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017
Oregon State University undergraduate Jack Blackham (left), recent OSU PhD graduate Steve Drake and UC Davis professor Holly Oldroyd work to install one of 16 instrument positions that will gather data during Monday's solar eclipse from a field south of Corvallis, Oregon, on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017
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Chad Higgins, associate professor at Oregon State University, describes the instruments attached to a tower that will gather a variety of data during Monday's solar eclipse from a field south of Corvallis, Oregon, on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017
Chad Higgins, associate professor at Oregon State University, describes the instruments attached to a tower that will gather a variety of data during Monday's solar eclipse from a field south of Corvallis, Oregon, on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017
CONNOR RADNOVICH / Statesman Journal
A team of scientists and college students work to install one of 16 instrument positions that will gather data during Monday's solar eclipse from a field south of Corvallis, Oregon, on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017
A team of scientists and college students work to install one of 16 instrument positions that will gather data during Monday's solar eclipse from a field south of Corvallis, Oregon, on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017
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The insides of one of 16 instrument positions that will gather data during Monday's solar eclipse from a field south of Corvallis, Oregon, on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017
The insides of one of 16 instrument positions that will gather data during Monday's solar eclipse from a field south of Corvallis, Oregon, on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017
CONNOR RADNOVICH / Statesman Journal
A team of scientists and college students work to install one of 16 instrument positions that will gather data during Monday's solar eclipse from a field south of Corvallis, Oregon, on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017
A team of scientists and college students work to install one of 16 instrument positions that will gather data during Monday's solar eclipse from a field south of Corvallis, Oregon, on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017
CONNOR RADNOVICH / Statesman Journal