Here's all the cool stuff you can do on social media to celebrate the eclipse
The total solar eclipse will be streamed, grammed, snapped, and shared.
Monday's event is one of the biggest planetary events to take place during the social media age, and social networks are celebrating with new features.
So when you're not looking at the sun with solar eclipse glasses on, here's what to look at on a computer screen or smartphone:
Ahead of the eclipse, Facebook has been the place for sharing articles. On Monday, it's about video.
Facebook users will be greeted with a reminder that it's eclipse day on the top of the Facebook app and will be directed to NASA's livestream.
NASA will host a live video with feeds coast-to-coast starting at 12 p.m. and available via the Facebook page. The space agency also will run a 360-degree Facebook Live from Charleston, South Carolina.
Facebook's Camera app will have effects and filters for the eclipse. Facebook Messenger features a filter with a cat wearing eclipse glasses.
Facebook's photo-sharing app is one of many apps people can post their best pictures of the event.
The app also has stickers for the eclipse.
According to Instagram, 4 million users are on the path of totality, where the moon will be seen to have maximum coverage of the sun.
Snapchat
The disappearing messaging app has been curating photos and videos taken along the path in an Our Story titled "Total Solar Eclipse." The Our Story is available in the Discover section of the app and features snaps of people preparing on Sunday.
On the day of the eclipse, the Our Story will curate snaps taken by users and include official footage from NASA and the Department of Interior.
Snap Maps, one of Snapchat's newest features, is another place to find snaps from across the country. The heat map shows where the most snaps are being taken. A user's friends who are along the path of totality will be displayed wearing a pair of solar eclipse glasses.
Stream
Stream.live is hosting an interactive live feed, where viewers can track the eclipse across the country by clicking on points on a map of the United States.
The video footage is provided by 57 teams launching balloons at dozens of sites across the path of totality.
The Weather Channel partnered with Twitter to host a livestream of the eclipse. The network will have coverage from 10 locations along the path of totality.
The feed is available to anyone—no matter if you're a Twitter user—and can be accessed via @weatherchannel Twitter account or on eclipse2017.twitter.com.
Music
Monday's eclipse doesn't just have to be about watching.
iHeartRadio is hosting a free station called Eclipse Party Radio, featuring pop and other upbeat songs and available to any user. The service also created Eclipse Playlist, an on-demand playlist featuring tracks like Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart" and David Bowie’s “Space Oddity."
Spotify also created a Total Eclipse playlist. Pandora has one too.
Kerry Flynn is a business reporter for Mashable covering the tech industry. She previously reported on social media companies, mobile apps and startups for International Business Times. She has also written for The Huffington Post, Forbes and Money magazine. Kerry studied environmental science and economics at Harvard College, where she led The Harvard Crimson's metro news and design teams and played mellophone in the Band. When not listening to startup pitches, she runs half-marathons, plays with puppies and pretends to like craft beer.
