Tune in at 1:45 p.m. to see solar eclipse live-stream – overlooking PEC

Administrator | Apr 07, 2024 | Comments 0

Tune in at 1:45 p.m. to watch the 2024 eclipse, live from Meyers Pier, overlooking the Bay of Quinte in Belleville. See multi-camera video coverage of the event with and a panoramic view as darkness descends on the Bay of Quinte and Prince Edward County, from a camera mounted on the 35’ mast on the remote production van. Coverage starts at 1:45 pm Eastern Standard Time Monday, April 8. The eclipse event begins at 2:08 p.m. and ends at 4:33 p.m. Totality will occur in Belleville at 3:22 p.m. and lasts for two minutes and four seconds.

Totality – Robert Mindenhall photo

View Monday’s solar eclipse from anywhere in the world – safely – by tuning in to ‘Totality on The Bay’, a free video stream on YouTube, that will be live from Meyers Pier overlooking the Bay of Quinte and Prince Edward County.

The event photographer will take viewers 360,000 kilometres to the surface of the moon, as it obstructs the sun 148 million kilometres from earth.

Coverage starts at 1:45 pm Eastern Standard Time Monday, April 8. The eclipse event begins at 2:08 p.m. and ends at 4:33 p.m. Totality will occur in Belleville at 3:22 p.m. and lasts for two minutes and four seconds.

The producers of the show will offer multi-camera video coverage of the event with host Scott Granville and special guests.

Local enthusiast Keith Sage will join with his Nikon P1000 camera, capable of giving watchers a close-up view of the eclipse in real time. They’ll also have a panoramic view as darkness descends on the Bay of Quinte and Belleville, from a camera mounted on the 35’ mast on the remote production van.

Granville is the producer and host of Totality on The Bay. His extensive producing and writing career includes creating the popular soccer TV series Direct Kicks, seen on networks such as Rogers Sportsnet, TSN, Fox Sports World, as well as three other nationally broadcast TV series.

Barry Silverthorn, formerly of Prince Edward County, is the Technical Producer. He began his career as an assistant video editor. His editing credits include shows about classic cars, guitar collecting, pets, conspiracies, blues music, extreme art, and model trains.

To tune in, sign up today at www.youtube.com/@TotalityontheBay

You’ll get updates as the date draws closer, and a notification when the show goes live on April 8th.

Click here to find viewing times in your neighbourhood.

Except during the brief total phase of a total solar eclipse, when the Moon completely blocks the Sun’s bright face, it is not safe to look directly at the Sun without specialized eye protection for solar viewing.

Viewing any part of the bright Sun through a smart phone, camera lens, binoculars, or a telescope without a special-purpose solar filter secured over the front of the optics will cause severe eye injury.

Eclipse glasses are NOT regular sunglasses; regular sunglasses, no matter how dark, are not safe for viewing the Sun. Safe solar viewers are thousands of times darker and ought to comply with the ISO 12312-2 international standard.