Live coverage of the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse
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Live Coverage of the Eclipse08212017 10:00 AM PDT
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Cobertura en vivo en español08212017 10:00 AM PDT
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Telescope View from Oregon08212017 9:00 AM PDT
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Telescope View from Wyoming08212017 9:15 AM PDT
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Telescope Sonification with Kronos Quartet08212017 9:15 AM PDT
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Past Eclipses & Webcasts
Total Solar Eclipse 2016
The Exploratorium presented a real-time webcast of the total solar eclipse from Micronesia. Our team traveled to the coral island of Woleai, in the Pacific Ocean, to bring you this astronomical event.
Hybrid Solar Eclipse
Sunday, November 3, 2013A hybrid eclipse is neither totally total nor totally annular—it's both. Learn what a hybrid eclipse is and how it works here.
Annular Solar Eclipse
Thursday, May 9–Friday, May 10, 2013Not every solar eclipse is a total solar eclipse—but there's still plenty to enjoy about annular eclipses, where the moon blocks out just the center of the sun. Learn about annular eclipses, and especially about this one from 2013.
Annular Solar Eclipse: May 20, 2012
An annular eclipse doesn't block out the whole sun—but you can still enjoy the "ring of fire" that shines around the moon when one occurs.
Total Solar Eclipse
Tuesday, November 13, 2012Discover the rare beauty of a total solar eclipse—part of a series preparing for the 2012 eclipse over the Pacific Ocean.
Transit of Venus: The Rarest Eclipse
locks out the sun, you won't find it during the Transit of Venus—that is, Venus passing in front of the sun. However, watching Venus travel in front of the majesty of the sun has its own appeal.
Total Solar Eclipse from China: August 1, 2008
In 2008, the Exploratorium sent a team to China to livestream the total solar eclipse visible there on August 1. View the full eclipse here.
Annular Solar Eclipse, June 10, 2002
The view from the Exploratorium's front porch on June 10, 2002 at 5:30 p.m. (PDT)
