Total Solar Eclipse (Photo : Reuters)
Though a lot of people across the globe will not be able to witness the total solar eclipse in person today, anyone who has an Internet connection could watch it online, live through two webcasts.
Today, March 20, total solar eclipse, the last one happened in November 2013, will turn the day-time sky black for people in the North Atlantic and Faroe Islands, the Space reported. If weather permits it, the Slooh Community Observatory will broadcast online, live views of the eclipse together with expert commentaries straight from the covered locations. You could watch this 2.5-hour-long event through the Slooh website beginning at 0830 GMT (0430 a.m EDT) today.
Also, you could watch the phenomenon live on Space's official website, courtesy of Slooh, still. A second online broadcasting is also available through the Virtual Telescope Project, an Italy-based efforts, at 0800 GMT (0400 a.m. EDT), which is found at the official VTP site.
Today's total solar eclipse is one of the two total eclipses within the year, but the sole event where the moon is seen to have completed blocked the sun. In order to mark the event, ESA will host an "eclipse-watching" party at the visitor center of the Space Expo in the Netherlands. This area will, also, experience a partial eclipse.
The specific time of the eclipse varies by location, but in Noordwijk, the total solar eclipse will commence at 9:30 a.m., local time; 0830 GMT or 4:30 a.m. EDT. The partial eclipse will reach its maximum potential at 10:37 a.m., local time; 0937 GMT or 5:37 a.m. EDT.
It will end at 11:48 a.m., local time; 1048 GMT or 6:48 a.m. EDT.
