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# Watch Live: The Total Solar Eclipse in 360 Degrees

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## Mahita Gajanan


Gajanan is an editor at TIME.

Aug 21, 2017 10:00 AM UTC

by 

[Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/)


## Mahita Gajanan


Gajanan is an editor at TIME.

Aug 21, 2017 10:00 AM UTC

Millions of people will watch as the moon completely blocks the sun during a [rare](http://time.com/4834676/total-solar-eclipse-2017-rare/) [total solar eclipse](http://time.com/4874900/total-solar-eclipse-how-watch-online/) set to traverse the United States on Aug. 21\. The eclipse will begin in Oregon at 9:05 a.m. PT and move across the country, ending at 2:44 p.m. ET near South Carolina.

If you can’t [catch the eclipse in person](http://time.com/4899457/amazon-refunds-eclipse-glasses/), we have a way to make it feel like you are practically there. Along with [LIFE VR](http://interactives.time.com/lifevr/), TIME is producing a 360-degree virtual reality livestream of the eclipse. You can watch live beginning at about 11:30 a.m. on TIME’s [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/time/videos/10155020470241491/#) and [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo%5FgzW84AXY) pages, in partnership with Mesmerise Global.

Through the stream, you’ll see on-the-ground views of the total eclipse from Casper, Wyo., as well as skygazers who have gathered for the event. TIME’s editor-at-large Jeffrey Kluger will narrate throughout the livestream. An edited version of the 360-degree livestream will also be available in the LIFE VR app for [iOS](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id1145044328) and [Android](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.timeinc.life.lifevr), and on LIFE VR’s [Samsung VR channel ](https://samsungvr.com/view/Z4UnQjJ6VDC)immediately following the eclipse, as well as [Facebook ](https://www.facebook.com/time/videos/10155021514976491/)and [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXK3m1Rzu-s).

TIME will also host a [separate livestream](http://time.com/4900148/total-solar-eclipse-time-livestream/) of the eclipse hosted by popular space personality [Amy Shira Teitel ](http://www.amyshirateitel.com/)starting at 12 p.m. ET on Aug. 21 on [Time.com](http://time.com/), as well as its [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/time/) and [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ58hoxipnE) pages.


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