--- title: Watch the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse in 360-Degree Video description: If you missed seeing the total solar eclipse live, watch this 360-degree video of the eclipse to experience how it felt to be on the ground. canonical: https://time.com/4900663/total-solar-eclipse-virtual-reality-360/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-21T18:37:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T04:44:58.000Z article:section: Science og:title: Watch the Total Solar Eclipse in 360-Degree Video og:description: A total solar eclipse crossed the U.S. from coast to coast on Aug. 21, 2017 og:url: https://time.com/4900663/total-solar-eclipse-virtual-reality-360/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch the Total Solar Eclipse in 360-Degree Video twitter:description: A total solar eclipse crossed the U.S. from coast to coast on Aug. 21, 2017 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch the Total Solar Eclipse in 360-Degree Video by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Updated: Dec 13, 2023 4:44 AM UTCPublished: Aug 21, 2017 6:37 PM UTC by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Updated: Dec 13, 2023 4:44 AM UTCPublished: Aug 21, 2017 6:37 PM UTC A [total solar eclipse](http://time.com/4883424/solar-eclipse-first-photo-taken/) crossed the U.S. from coast to coast on Monday. If you missed getting the chance to see it live, or if you want to relive the experience, TIME and LIFE VR have created a [360-degree VR livestream](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo%5FgzW84AXY) of the solar eclipse, which you can stream above. The TIME and LIFE VR video, made in partnership with Mesmerise Global, shows an on-the-ground view of the 2017 solar eclipse from Casper, Wyo. The footage includes a detailed close up shot of the sun inset for [maximum eclipse visibility](http://time.com/4884482/total-solar-eclipse-2017-map/), making it seem like you are watching it in person. The solar eclipse started in Oregon at 9:05 a.m. PDT and ended at 2:44 p.m. EDT near South Carolina. Watch the edited version of TIME’s 360-degree solar eclipse livestream video 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/channels/57d81408434696001ba63b16). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4900663/total-solar-eclipse-virtual-reality-360/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4900663/total-solar-eclipse-virtual-reality-360/"},"headline":"Watch the Total Solar Eclipse in 360-Degree Video","datePublished":"2017-08-21T18:37:52.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T04:44:58.000Z","description":"A total solar eclipse crossed the U.S. from coast to coast on Aug. 21, 2017","url":"https://time.com/4900663/total-solar-eclipse-virtual-reality-360/","keywords":["Eclipse","onetime","space 2017"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/eclipse/","name":"Eclipse"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4900663/total-solar-eclipse-virtual-reality-360/","name":"Watch the Total Solar Eclipse in 360-Degree Video"}}]}] ```