00:00Four days to totality? For a total solar eclipse, being in the right place isn't enough.
00:05You also have to be there at exactly the right time.
00:08In four days, I'll be hoping to witness totality from this HX expedition voyage off the coast of East Greenland.
00:14But what time should you be looking up? Let's break it down.
00:18On August 12th, the moon's shadow will race across Greenland, Iceland and northern Spain
00:22before ending at sunset over the Mediterranean Sea.
00:25Now, the entire eclipse lasts around two hours, but the headline act, totality,
00:32or if you're outside but still close to the path, maximum eclipse, will be over before you know it.
00:39So to make the most of eclipse day, here are the times to remember.
00:43Here in East Greenland, we'll be watching from Scoresby Sun with HX expeditions,
00:48where totality begins around 4.35pm local time.
00:53Just over an hour later, the moon's shadow reaches Iceland.
00:57In Reykjavik, totality begins around 5.48pm local time.
01:02Finally, the eclipse reaches northern Spain and the Balearic Islands shortly before sunset,
01:07with totality beginning between around 8.26pm and 8.31pm, depending on where you are.
01:14If you're outside the path of totality, but still close enough to it,
01:18you'll see a spectacular partial eclipse.
01:21London will see about 91% of the sun covered and Paris around 92%,
01:26and Madrid, an incredible 99.97%.
01:30But even that's not enough for totality.
01:33That tiny slither of sunlight is still bright enough to hide the sun's beautiful outer atmosphere,
01:39known as the corona.
01:41And if you can't watch the eclipse in person,
01:43or you want to just follow along with all the action from around the world,
01:46we've got you covered.
01:47We'll be bringing you live streams on space.com,
01:50updates across our social media channels,
01:52and an eclipse live blog on our site,
01:54with reports from both here, in Greenland, and in Spain.
01:58Four days to go.
01:59Starting to feel very real now.
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