The Great American Eclipse

[Guest Nicole]

[Guest Nicole]

Can you stream the solar eclipse online?

Yes, you can watch a live-stream of the solar eclipse. Here's how:

NASA

NASA is going all-out, with plans to stream live coverage of the event from 12 pm EST to 4 pm EST from 12 different locations around the continental US. It's using 57 high-altitude balloons to capture views of the eclipse, and it's also using research aircraft and ground-based telescopes. NASA will host its webcast on Ustream and social media channels, including Facebook.

But that's not all: The US space agency will also host another webcast through NASA EDGE from 11:45 am EST to 4 pm EST from Carbondale, Illinois, which will experience totality for a whipping 2 minutes and 38 seconds. That stream will be available on Ustream and Facebook Live.

Twitter

Twitter has partnered with The Weather Channel to live stream the Moon's shadow as it travels from the West Coast to the East Coast of the States. The stream will start at 12 pm EST and will include live footage from US cities in Idaho, Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, Kentucky, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Wyoming. The stream will be hosted by meteorologists Ari Sarsalari and Domenica Davis.

To watch it, go on Twitter with this link.

CNN (in VR)

CNN will stream 360-degree video as part of its special coverage for the event starting at 1 pm EST. The network said the immersive livestream will be enhanced by "real-time graphics, close-up views of the sun, and experts from the science community joining along the way to explain the significance of this phenomenon". To watch it, go to CNN's mobile app or Facebook page.

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/141950-solar-eclipse-2017-when-is-it-and-how-to-watch-online-or-in-person

[Guest Nicole]

What should you do with your eclipse glasses?

If the filters aren’t scratched, punctured, or torn, you may reuse them indefinitely. Some glasses/viewers are printed with warnings stating that you shouldn’t look through them for more than 3 minutes at a time and that you should discard them if they are more than 3 years old. Such warnings are outdated and do not apply to eclipse viewers compliant with the ISO 12312-2 standard adopted in 2015.

If you do not live in the path of the 2024 eclipse, which runs sort of North/South instead of East/West like the 2017 one did, soon you can donate your eclipse glasses to Astronomers without Borders, an organization which "brings the world together to share our passion of astronomy and the wonders of the Universe."

Read more: https://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/what-should-you-do-your-eclipse-glasses.html

[Queen Esther]

Many many people were coming....  bec. the next tolal solar eclipse first in 99'years in USA... I heard in the TV news, but we can google it 

[Guest Nicole]

The sun is eclipsed by the moon over top of the Empire State Building in New York. Gary Hershorn/Getty Images

A partial solar eclipse passes over the golden grasshopper weather vane atop historic Faneuil Hall in Boston. AP Photo/Charles Krupa

Enthusiasts atop Carroll Rim Trail at Painted Hills, near Mitchell, Oregon. REUTERS/Adrees Latif