{"id":325504,"date":"2019-07-06T15:23:40","date_gmt":"2019-07-06T19:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/uncategorized\/heres-how-you-can-watch-todays-total-solar-eclipse.php"},"modified":"2019-07-06T15:23:40","modified_gmt":"2019-07-06T19:23:40","slug":"heres-how-you-can-watch-todays-total-solar-eclipse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/futurism\/heres-how-you-can-watch-todays-total-solar-eclipse.php","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s How You Can Watch Today\u2019s Total Solar Eclipse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p><div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-assets.futurism.com\/2019\/07\/Eclipse-300x158.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"California's Exploratorium has teamed up with NASA to broadcast a livestream of the total solar eclipse over parts of South America.\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/div><p>Heads up: For approximately four minutes this afternoon, the Moon will block out the Sun over parts of South America &mdash; but you don&rsquo;t need to be in Chile or Argentina to see the stunning spectacle.<\/p><p>California&rsquo;s Exploratorium has teamed up with NASA to <a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/watch-todays-total-solar-eclipse-right-here-1836022310\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">broadcast a livestream<\/a> of the eclipse via the video linked below.&nbsp;The coverage will begin at 3 p.m. ET, with the eclipse expected to take place between 4:38 p.m. and 4:44 p.m. ET.<\/p><p>If you happen to live within the eclipse&rsquo;s path, make sure you <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TMannWSJ\/status\/899702782206386177\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fight the urge<\/a> to look directly at the Sun during it as doing so could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.preventblindness.org\/solar-eclipse-and-your-eyes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">permanently damage<\/a> your eyes. Which, yes, happens to people. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/dozens-of-people-still-looked-at-the-eclipse-without-glasses-now-theyre-paying-for-it-2017-08-22-15884655\">Quite a bit<\/a>.<\/p><p>Instead, you&rsquo;ll want to use your lunch break today to procure a pair of special <a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/astronomers-without-borders-eclipse-glasses-2019.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">eclipse glasses<\/a>. But if that&rsquo;s not possible, a sheet of paper with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/eclipse\/make-pinhole-projector.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pinhole poked through it<\/a> is, of course, an acceptable DIY alternative.<\/p><p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/watch-todays-total-solar-eclipse-right-here-1836022310\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Watch Today&rsquo;s Total Solar Eclipse Right Here<\/a> [<em>Gizmodo<\/em>]<\/p><p><strong>More on eclipses:<\/strong> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/watch-what-happened-to-solar-power-in-the-us-during-the-eclipse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Watch: What Happened to Solar Power in the US During the Eclipse<\/a><\/em><\/p><p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/watch-todays-solar-eclipse\/\">Here&rsquo;s How You Can Watch Today&rsquo;s Total Solar Eclipse<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\">Futurism<\/a>.<\/p><p>Go here to see the original:<br><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/watch-todays-solar-eclipse\/\" title=\"Here&rsquo;s How You Can Watch Today&rsquo;s Total Solar Eclipse\">Here&rsquo;s How You Can Watch Today&rsquo;s Total Solar Eclipse<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Heads up: For approximately four minutes this afternoon, the Moon will block out the Sun over parts of South America \u2014 but you don\u2019t need to be in Chile or Argentina to see the stunning spectacle.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/futurism\/heres-how-you-can-watch-todays-total-solar-eclipse.php\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-325504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-futurism"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325504"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325504\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}