Although cloudy skies in the region made Monday’s much-anticipated solar eclipse a bit of a letdown for many, some IC students who made an extra effort to witness the once-in-a-lifetime event were far from disappointed by their experience.
To ensure they were just inside the more than 100-mile-wide "path of totality," the Ithaca College Astronomy Club — nearly 50 students strong — chartered a bus and made an hour-long pilgrimage to the northern tip of Cayuga Lake to a state park in Seneca Falls. They were treated to more than two minutes of almost complete darkness and much cooler temperatures.
