TriStar kicks off with “Nature’s Grandest Spectacle: How, Where, and Why to View the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse,” a lecture by David Baron, science journalist, author, and broadcaster. Baron is a long-time eclipse chaser and author. In the course of his reporting, Baron has visited every continent and earned some of the top honors in journalism. His written work has appeared in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Outside, Lonely Planet, and Reader’s Digest.