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Harker Aquila

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Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

“I have been an advocate of ‘leave nothing but footprints and take nothing but pictures’ before that was the slogan, because I just thought when you come in, no one should know that you've been there. If you want to observe what's happening in nature, you have to blend with it,” Dr. Nelson said.

Meet your staff: Listening to silence

by William Jiang and Maithili Gupta May 13, 2026
Late at night, far from any other living creature, computer science department chair Eric Nelson stands beside his telescope. Not a soul to talk to, calmness settles over him. He watches as the sky slowly shifts above him and listens to the sounds coming from the equipment and the wind blowing in the darkness.
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