---
title: "Here’s How You Can Watch Today’s Total Solar Eclipse"
description: "California's Exploratorium has teamed up with NASA to broadcast a livestream of the total solar eclipse over parts of South America."
date: "2019-07-02"
modified: "2019-07-02"
authors:
  - name: "Kristin Houser"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/kristin.md"
url: "https://futurism.com/watch-todays-solar-eclipse"
categories:
  - "Energy"
  - "Renewable Energy"
  - "Science & Energy"
  - "Solar Power"
tags:
  - "astronomical events"
  - "eclipse"
  - "solar eclipse"
---

# Here’s How You Can Watch Today’s Total Solar Eclipse

![California's Exploratorium has teamed up with NASA to broadcast a livestream of the total solar eclipse over parts of South America.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Eclipse.png>)
*\<em\>Image: Tag Hartman-Simkins\</em\>*

Heads up: For approximately four minutes this afternoon, the Moon will block out the Sun over parts of South America — but you don't need to be in Chile or Argentina to see the stunning spectacle.

California's Exploratorium has teamed up with NASA to [broadcast a livestream](<https://gizmodo.com/watch-todays-total-solar-eclipse-right-here-1836022310>) of the eclipse via the video linked below. 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.

https://youtu.be/21X5lGlDOfg

If you happen to live within the eclipse's path, make sure you [fight the urge](<https://twitter.com/TMannWSJ/status/899702782206386177>) to look directly at the Sun during it as doing so could [permanently damage](<https://www.preventblindness.org/solar-eclipse-and-your-eyes>) your eyes. Which, yes, happens to people. [Quite a bit](<https://www.marketwatch.com/story/dozens-of-people-still-looked-at-the-eclipse-without-glasses-now-theyre-paying-for-it-2017-08-22-15884655>).

Instead, you'll want to use your lunch break today to procure a pair of special [eclipse glasses](<https://www.space.com/astronomers-without-borders-eclipse-glasses-2019.html>). But if that's not possible, a sheet of paper with a [pinhole poked through it](<https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/make-pinhole-projector.html>) is, of course, an acceptable DIY alternative.

**READ MORE:** [Watch Today's Total Solar Eclipse Right Here](<https://gizmodo.com/watch-todays-total-solar-eclipse-right-here-1836022310>) \[*Gizmodo*\]

**More on eclipses:** *[Watch: What Happened to Solar Power in the US During the Eclipse](<https://futurism.com/watch-what-happened-to-solar-power-in-the-us-during-the-eclipse.md>)*

### Author social links  
[LinkedIn](<https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristinjhouser>)

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