(Photo courtesy of Mary Evry.)
Marta Evry took this photo of eclipse that was reflected on her floor.
Let’s see your favorite photo of the eclipse.
Bob Eklund of Looking Up Column
All of North America will be treated to an eclipse of the Sun Monday, 21 August, and NASA Television will carry it live from coast to coast from unique vantage points on the ground and from aircraft and spacecraft, including the International Space Station. Coverage will be featured during the live four-hour broadcast Eclipse Across America: Through the Eyes of NASA.
Programming begins at 9 am (noon EDT) with a preview show hosted from Charleston, South Carolina. The main show begins at 10 am and will cover the path of totality the eclipse will take across the United States, from Oregon to South Carolina.
The program will feature views from NASA research aircraft, high-altitude balloons, satellites and specially-modified telescopes. It also will include live reports from Charleston, as well as from Salem, Oregon; Idaho Falls, Idaho; Beatrice, Nebraska; Jefferson City, Missouri; Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Illinois; Hopkinsville, Kentucky; and Clarksville, Tennessee.
Catch NASA’s live coverage using any of the following:
NASA App
* NASA App for iOS, http://itunes.apple.com/app/nasa-app/id334325516?mt=8
* NASA App for Android, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gov.nasa
* NASA App for Amazon Fire and Fire TV, http://amzn.com/B00ZVR87LQ
* The NASA App also is available to Apple TV users.
Social Media
* Facebook Live, https://www.facebook.com/nasa
* Twitter/Periscope, https://www.pscp.tv/nasa
* Twitch TV, https://twitch.tv/nasa
* UStream, http://www.ustream.tv/nasahdtv
* YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwMDvPCGeE0
More details and a broadcast timeline:
https://www.nasa.gov/nasatv
In addition to the NASA TV broadcast, live video streams from locations across the country will be available at:
https://www.nasa.gov/eclipselive
To view and download NASA eclipse images:
(Map from LA Times.)
Not until, perhaps, another 90 plus years will United States citizens have the opportunity to see a total eclipse as will happen Monday, 21 August. The eclipse will traverse the 48 states.
If you cannot see the eclipse the way Bob Eklund suggests, tune into https://www.nasa.gov/eclipselive.
Bob Eklund, who writes the “Looking Up” column for Update gave the perfect recipe for anyone to see the eclipse.
Here’s a really wild idea on how to see the eclipse, with no advance planning, no hotel bill, and assurance of clear skies:
(1) Wait till the night before the eclipse and then find out which city on the eclipse path has the greatest certainty of clear skies the next day.
(2) Buy a ticket and take a late-night flight to that city.
(3) When you get there in the early-morning hours, take a cat-nap in an airport chair, then step outside the airport at eclipse time.
(4) Have a good brunch and fly back home.
Cheap, time-saving, and unforgettable memories.