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DC Solar Eclipse: Live Updates/Feed

It's finally here: the Great American Solar Eclipse is upon us, and all of D.C. will be watching. Stay tuned here for live updates.

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The Great American Solar Eclipse has begun. The very first little piece of the moon was pushing into the sun's profile way out on the West Coast shortly after noon. It should begin to cover the sun here in the D.C. area at around 1:20 p.m., reaching its highest coverage (82 percent) at 2:42 p.m. in the District and completely ending at around 4 p.m.

Sadly, weather is likely to be a bit of a pain today, with partly cloudy skies obscuring the sun at times. However, since the event will last for hours, we should get many solid glimpses of the sun.

Below is a live feed of updates from the D.C. area on the eclipse.

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UPDATE 2:53 p.m.: The peak of the partial eclipse has come and gone in the D.C. area. Here are some pictures:

UPDATE 2:30 p.m.: Watch out, drivers.

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UPDATE 2:09 p.m.: We're here live from Pentagon City. Below, a couple of people with solar eclipse glasses stare at the sun while another looks through a pinhole projector. The Pentagon and the Washington Monument are in the background.

UPDATE 1:53 p.m.: The eclipse is starting in D.C.!

UPDATE 1:47 p.m.: The moon is throwing some shade on Twitter.

UPDATE 1:24 p.m.:

UPDATE: 1:19 p.m.: We have reached totality in Oregon. Live stream here.

UPDATE 1:05 p.m.:

UPDATE 12:54 p.m.:

UPDATE 12:51 p.m.: Want to watch the eclipse live from around the nation? NASA has a bunch of live feeds set up.

UPDATE 12:41 p.m.:

Image via Takeshi Kuboki

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