Solar eclipse to be streamed live for first timeBEAWIHARTA/REUTERS Nasa has teamed up with US researchers to send balloons 24,384 metres up to capture the solar eclipse as it crosses the US. Next week's solar eclipse – visible as a total or partial eclipse in North America and parts of South America, Africa, and Europe – will be streamed live online for the first time, from the vantage point of helium-filled balloons across the United States. Nasa will also host a pre-eclipse event and live-streams of the solar eclipse. Des Jardins said this will be the first time that a solar eclipse will be streamed live online. The event marks the first total solar eclipse visible anywhere in the US's lower 48 states since 1979.

Source: Stuff August 18, 2017 20:48 UTC