Watch the Total Solar Eclipse Live | Exploratorium

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Bay Area Science Events

This event is curated by the Bay Area Science Festival as part of their year-round calendar of science events.

The festival takes place each fall with 10 days of science and technology lectures, games, exhibits, workshops and hands-on activities all over the Bay Area. 

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Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Bay Area Science Events

Gather at the Exploratorium to watch a live broadcast of the total solar eclipse happening in Micronesia. The Exploratorium’s webcast team will travel to the coral island of Woleai, in the Pacific Ocean 500 miles north of New Guinea, to bring you this astronomical event. Special monitors have been set up to allow amazing views of the eclipse.

Please Note: This event is free starting at 5 pm (not 4 pm as was originally posted.

Few people will see this amazing phenomenon with their own eyes, because the “”path of totality””-the area on earth where you see the moon fully covering the sun-is only 100 miles wide. But the Exploratorium has been bringing eclipses to a wider audience via live broadcasts since 1998.

For this eclipse, follow the entire event during the four-hour program, watching stunning real-time imagery from their four telescopes on Woleai. Exploratorium scientists and educators, both in Micronesia and at the museum, will fill you in on what makes an eclipse and how to view one safely, and they’ll introduce you to the culture and geography of Micronesia. The program will explore the science of the sun, using amazing, high-definition images and video from NASA satellites, and will highlight NASA’s new MMS mission, a multi-satellite endeavor to measure the magnetosphere that connects the Earth and the sun.

Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.