Stand. I taped binoculars to the stand. I put holes a hole in the cardboard. The black cardboard. To put it on one of the eyepieces. It projects it onto this white cardboard. It is a safe way to watch the eclipse right . Yes i tried to angle the camera so you can see the eclipse right there. You can see the spot here. You are pointing at it right there. That is the eclipse that you see. That was lydia at nasa ames. Lets go to fremont. Reporter we will go to his life picture in a moment. We want to show you the live photos as we get closer to totality. Just 14 minutes until we reach totality on the west coast. Oregon one of the first spots that will see a total eclipse. Further east across the country the eclipse is in the earlier stages. It is interesting to see. Cameras track this through that path of totality all the way through the east coast. Our partner at cnn their Camera Network is incredible. Some interesting facts about the path of totality. It is only 70 miles wide. That very
The big story on action news this noon is the start of the Great American eclipse. Just minutes away from oregon to south carolina, millions have made their way to the path of the first coast to coast total Solar Eclipse in 99 years. Even here in the path of a partial eclipse theres plenty of excitement. Safety glasses are hard to come by and there will be dozens of watch parties. The Action News Team is spread far and wide to bring it to you. Melissa magee is at an official nasa watch event in wayne. Ali gorman is in center city with eye safety reminders, but first meteorologist adam joseph just filed this report from saint joseph, missouri which is in the path of totality. Reporter today everyone has been anticipating it is here. Totality is here, let the sun shine. However weve been dealing with thunderstorms popping all over the area. You can see a thunderstorm in the distance there. Its raining temporarily covering the telescopes. No matter if the sun shines or cooperates, even if
Mark johnson traveled to see eclipse i just think its exciting. I like astronomy, i like science. We wanted our son to see it. This eclipse is uniquely an american event. The path of totality will travel from from sea to shining sea, tracing a 70mile wide ribbon from oregon to south carolina. Millions live in that path. Millions more are traveling to see the astronomical show. Shara collum eclipse watcher we dont have a lot of chances to see things like this. This is a once in a lifetime. Coming from as far away as europe. Thymen vuik here from netherlands to see eclipse the dark skies. I think i will love it. If you want to watch the Solar Eclipse you have to be prepared special glasses are mandatory for viewing pleasure and protection. Dr. Nicholeen viall nasa scientist you want to make sure that they are safety glasses so they have an iso number and a manufacturer number. You want to cross check those with eclipse2017. Nasa. Gov to make sure they are reputable manufacturer. Or make
It out. The eclipse is starting in big summit oregon, the moon is slowly starting to blot out the sun. Looks like pacman. You can see the same shot at 6abc. Com. Our adam joseph is live in saint joseph missouri one of the towns that hopes to get one of the best views of the eclipse. Meteorologist is here with the accuweather forecast for the eclipse, lets start with adam. How is it going. Reporter were dancing around the thunderstorms kind of dealing with cloud cover in the spot im standing and 20,000 other people, totality has not happened in 214 years on average if you were to be in 1 6th location it doesnt come to you in 375 years this is a onceinalifetime opportunity. Look up, the sun is trying to poke out at times. Were hoping for the best in saint louis. This guy has been all over the place, daric pitts from the Franklin Institute of philadelphia. This is for super bowl. Nothing is better than seeing a total Solar Eclipse and getting a chance to stand in the shadow of the moon es