Watch the 2026 Total Eclipse Live from Anywhere

2026 Eclipse Webcams

Watch the 2026 Total Eclipse Live from Anywhere

A web-based map aggregates live webcam feeds along the path of the 2026 total solar eclipse, letting viewers watch the event from multiple locations. The site shows countdown timers to totality and the first webcam feed, with markers indicating each camera's position. It's a simple, practical tool for eclipse enthusiasts who can't be on the ground.

Totality begins in 4h 58m 07s
  1. alkyon

    Saw it today in Zaragoza. Corona was amazing but what took my breath away when I looked through my binoculars were pink (fuchsia?) prominences close to the solar disk. As describes here they are in fact plasma structures:

    https://www.livescience.com/space/the-sun/space-photo-of-the...

  2. jonty

    This is mine! Built it quickly in 2024 for the US eclipse [1] and finished minutes before totality started.

    I completely forgot about it until a friend asked this morning. Coordinating a DDOS on cameras across Iceland and Spain was not on my to-do list for today.

    Fingers crossed it doesn't break for you all - I will be watching it with my own eyes this time.

    [1] https://jonty.github.io/2024_eclipse_webcams/

  3. aljgz

    Living in Vancouver, I traveled to Toronto to watch the Eclipse in 2024. We faced a nasty cloud, and had to drive hundreds of kilometers (hundreds of miles) to get a reasonably good view. On the drive back I decided that I'll travel for the one that's happening today, and here I am, in Sierra, with some cool people.

    Solar eclipses happen rarely enough, and frequently enough, to act as milestones in my life: I can review what happened since the previous one, and make a plan for the next one.

    They are some of the most magnificent natural phenomena, much more interesting than what's expected.

    The only other one that I got to see in perfect conditions was in my home town, Isfahan in 1999. I hope this one is perfectly clear again, and I have some resolutions for the next one.

  4. orsenthil

    Eclipses have a special consequence to the human history. It is noted by Asimov that the first correct prediction of the Eclipse was done in May 28, 585 by Thales of Miletus and this event is considered the "Birth of Science". It took approximately 1500 years from the first (recorded) observation of eclipse (in china), the correct prediction of the solar eclipse in advance. This is truly marvelous.

    Incidentally, unknown and not connected with the prediction, during the same eclipse, a 5 year battle between Medes and the Lydians came to stop as the armies got scared, if it was a divine intervention and they let their arms down.

  5. ticklemyelmo

    The interesting map will be the subsequent Google searches for "Me duelen los ojos".

    https://coywolf.com/news/seo/people-searching-eyes-hurt-afte...

  6. alecsm

    I took this picture just after it when completely dark.

    https://imgur.com/5kz8VyA

  7. 1970-01-01

    Also there is solar panel monitoring data. That is also an interesting watch:

    https://app.electricitymaps.com/map/zone/ES/live/five_minute...

  8. Tornhoof

    Sierra de Guadarrama - Puerto de Cotos

    https://www.infonieve.es/espacio-nordico/puerto-de-cotos/web... looks decent, different views, good weather.

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