--- title: Watch the Total Solar Eclipse In 34 Seconds description: Skygazers in Southeast Asia had a front row seat as a total solar eclipse engulfed the area in complete darkness for a few minutes. canonical: https://time.com/4249908/total-solar-eclipse-time-lapse/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-09T13:46:34.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T15:41:14.658Z article:section: Science og:title: Watch the Total Solar Eclipse In 34 Seconds og:description: The eclipse lasted several minutes og:url: https://time.com/4249908/total-solar-eclipse-time-lapse/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltefdcc88525abc911/698880832dce01c6f49e8142/total-solar-eclipse1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4256 og:image:height: 2394 og:image:alt: NORWAY-ASTRONOMY-ECLIPSE og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch the Total Solar Eclipse In 34 Seconds twitter:description: The eclipse lasted several minutes twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltefdcc88525abc911/698880832dce01c6f49e8142/total-solar-eclipse1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch the Total Solar Eclipse In 34 Seconds > Sponsored content. 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Jon Olav Nesvold—AFP/Getty Images by [Slooh](https://time.com/author/slooh/) ## Slooh Mar 9, 2016 1:46 PM UTC Skygazers in Southeast Asia had a front row seat as a [total solar eclipse](http://time.com/4249814/total-solar-eclipse-how-to-watch/) engulfed the area in complete darkness for a few minutes on Tuesday. The moon completely blocked the sun during the celestial spectacle, which [NASA says happens about once a year on Earth](http://nasa.tumblr.com/post/140631347814/science-when-the-sun-dont-shine). The full eclipse lasted just a couple minutes. Americans who missed the show via livestreams can look forward to catching the sight in person when the next eclipse is visible across the U.S. in August 2017. NASA had sent a team of scientists to Indonesia, where researchers documented the total solar eclipse for an experiment aimed at measuring a certain kind of light scattered by electrons in the lower corona. The area can only be observed during total solar eclipses, the space agency said. The timelapse above was provided by Slooh, based on their livestream of the eclipse. [_Slooh_](http://live.slooh.com/) _is a time partner. 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