NASA to Stream Aug. 12 Total Solar Eclipse, With Totality Lasting Up to 2 Minutes 18 Seconds
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Updated · Forbes · Aug 3
NASA to Stream Aug. 12 Total Solar Eclipse, With Totality Lasting Up to 2 Minutes 18 Seconds
3 articles · Updated · Forbes · Aug 3
Summary
NASA will begin live coverage of the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse at 1:15 p.m. EDT, streaming views from along a path that runs from Greenland to Iceland and northern Spain.
Totality will be brief—no more than 2 minutes 18 seconds—with the moon’s shadow reaching Iceland at 1:45 p.m. EDT and Spain at 2:28 p.m. EDT as millions of eclipse chasers head to Europe.
The broadcast will include commentary and interviews with NASA scientists and eclipse experts, and viewers will be able to submit questions through social media during the event.
ESA is also planning its own livestream from Spain’s Observatorio Astrofísico de Javalambre, underscoring that the eclipse is centered on Europe even as partial phases reach parts of the U.S., Canada and northwestern Africa.
North America will miss totality but still gets a partial eclipse across Alaska, 26 U.S. states and all of Canada before the Perseid meteor shower peaks overnight at 60 to 100 meteors per hour.