Protect your eyes during the eclipse! Use eclipse glasses – not sunglasses – to look at the Sun. During the brief moments when the Moon completely covers the Sun during totality, you can look without glasses. More tips:

We've mapped out the path of totality and where you can get a partial view. Take a closer look – and don't forget your eclipse glasses when you go outside!

LIVE: It's eclipse day. Come watch with us. Totality begins in Iceland at 1:45pm ET (1745 UTC) and in Spain at 2:28pm ET (1828 UTC).

We have totality in Iceland! Though the sky is cloudy, we can tell the Moon has covered the Sun completely, as the area darkens.

The Nationwide Eclipse Ballooning Project, supported by NASA, gathers student teams from around the world to study solar eclipses with stratospheric balloons.

Why are solar eclipses so important? Why should we study our Sun? @NASAAdmin Jared Isaacman and head of NASA Science Nicky Fox answer these questions and more.

As totality approaches in Spain, let's check out the telescope views. 🔭

Earth isn't the only place you can experience a total solar eclipse. Let's hear from our astronauts on the @Space_Station, who have seen several from their unique viewpoint.

Send us your questions about the solar eclipse and we may answer them live!

We're lucky enough to experience the eclipse again, as we reach totality in León, Spain.

I used an inside magnetic disk of a broken 3,5 inch floppy disk to observe partial eclipse some years ago in Moscow.

use real eclipse glasses, not sunglasses

Polar shift is happening. More to this now. Major change is happening. Typical. It’s happened before. Creating new lands. As some will vanish. Have already.

Amazing that “don’t stare at the Sun” still needs an annual reminder.

I put factor 50 on my eyes. I’ll be fine.

Could you remind the president to not role model going blind to children and morons to own the libs, or are you scared of trump?

The British government has said just use one eye our PM is watching it through a baked bean pastry item from greegs 🤷🏼‍♂️ 🇬🇧🇺🇸😂

Puedo con shade 14?

Look directly into the eyes of it

للشمس ايضا عطلتها عندما تكره من شر البشر