Dark (Morning)side of the Moon

Welcome back to The Ear, The Eye’s podcast dedicated to documenting, detailing, and excavating Columbia’s history! Urban light pollution has never stopped Columbia students from looking at the stars. Reporter Amy Rupert revisits a total solar eclipse nearly a century ago that dominated campus. She finds that even though eclipses are exceptionally moving events, interest in astronomy on campus is commonplace. Since the 1925 eclipse, organizations, researchers, and students have all found themselves looking skyward from Columbia’s campus. Music Credits Chris Zabriskie - Wonder Cycle; Chris Zabriskie - Heliograph; Billy Murray - The Streets of New York; Billy Murray - The Gaby Glide; Chris Zabriskie - Everybody's Got Problems That Aren't Mine; Chris Zabriskie - Cylinder Six; Chris Zabriskie - The Dark Glow of the Mountains; Chris Zabriskie - Brethren, Arise; Chris Zabriskie - Out of the Skies, Under the Earth; Chris Zabriskie - Cylinder Two; Chris Zabriskie - What True Self? Feels Bogus, Let's Watch Jason X; Chris Zabriskie - Cylinder Nine; Chris Zabriskie - The Temperature of the Air on the Bow of the Kaleetan