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If you’re nowhere near the path of totality or if clouds spoil your view, you can still catch the total solar eclipse online.
If the weather is good, on Monday, people living from Mexico’s Pacific coast to eastern Canada can witness the moon covering the sun, creating a twilight effect.
Eclipse glasses are a must to prevent eye damage.
The only time it’s safe to ditch protective glasses is during totality, or the few minutes of complete darkness.
Here are some alternatives if you’re clouded out during the eclipse or if you can’t travel to the path:
NASA goes live from different eclipse cities
NASA is offering several hours of streaming online and on NASA TV starting at 1 p.m. from several cities along the totality path.
The space agency will show telescope views of the sun and there will be appearances by scientists and space station astronauts.
During the eclipse, small rockets will be launched from Wallops Island, Virginia, carrying scientific instruments to study the ionosphere, an electrically charged part of the atmosphere at the edge of space.
AP hosts live show from totality path
Associated Press journalists will fan out along the path of totality to bring live coverage of watch parties and festivities.
The AP livestream will begin at 10 a.m. showing views from Mazatlán, Mexico, and other locations. Commentary is scheduled from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. and will include interviews with event organizers, scientists, and live footage from various places along the eclipse’s path.
Telescopes and experiments focus on the sun
The Exploratorium museum will feature live telescope images of the sun from Junction, Texas, and Torreón, Mexico.
Researchers and students from the University of Maine will launch high-altitude balloons in an experiment that will be livestreamed from the stratosphere.
Time and Date will show the sun from different telescope feeds.
Slooh will broadcast from Texas and will have a network of partner telescopes along the path.
