If you don’t have the proper glasses to watch the historic solar eclipse today, you can still watch it here LIVE as it happens.
From NASA: Solar Eclipse 2017
On August 21, 2017, all of North America will be treated to an eclipse of the sun. Viewers around the world will be provided a wealth of images captured before, during, and after the eclipse by 11 spacecraft, at least three NASA aircraft, more than 50 high-altitude balloons, and the astronauts aboard the International Space Station – each offering a unique vantage point for the celestial event.
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— Twitter News (@TwitterNews) August 16, 2017
Where Can You See It?
You can see a partial eclipse, where the moon covers only a part of the sun, anywhere in North America (see “Who can see it?”). To see a total eclipse, where the moon fully covers the sun for a short few minutes, you must be in the path of totality. The path of totality is a relatively thin ribbon, around 70 miles wide, that will cross the U.S. from West to East. The first point of contact will be at Lincoln Beach, Oregon at 9:05 a.m. PDT. Totality begins there at 10:16 a.m. PDT. Over the next hour and a half, it will cross through Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and North and South Carolina. The total eclipse will end near Charleston, South Carolina at 2:48 p.m. EDT. From there the lunar shadow leaves the United States at 4:09 EDT. Its longest duration will be near Carbondale, Illinois, where the sun will be completely covered for two minutes and 40 seconds.
If you missed the eclipse as it happened, here are a couple of incredible videos that were taken of the eclipse:
More of the moon crossing in front of sun in Philly: https://t.co/fKHeCFSNKf #SolarEclipse2017 ☀️🌙 pic.twitter.com/fjxfUuxOy6
— NBC10 Philadelphia (@NBCPhiladelphia) August 21, 2017
#SolarEclipse2017 Breathtaking! pic.twitter.com/fvPwGwgn99
— İsmail H. Polat (@ismailhpolat) August 21, 2017