Everything you need to know before 2:38 p.m.

In case you missed our links Friday – From eclipse glass safety (it matters, y’all), to where to watch, we’ve put together basically everything you need to know about today. (Click on the title to read).

1️⃣ Planning to catch the eclipse from the top of a parking garage? Read this.
2️⃣ Fake vs Real: Your guide to safe solar eclipse glasses
3️⃣ The history of solar eclipses, and when you’ll see one again
4️⃣ These breweries are brewing special Eclipse beers (COLAtoday)

And, the Greenville Journal has put together a highly recommended) guide to the 2017 eclipse.

What will happen today during totality?“The sky will darken, temperatures will drop, stars will appear, animals will exhibit strange behavior, and the moon will become a creepy black orb as it begins to cut across the face of the sun. You will also be able to observe Baily’s Beads, an effect that occurs as the moon begins to fully conceal the sun and specks of sunlight brighten on one side of the lunar crust to create beads of light that shine around the edge of the moon.

As totality occurs, you will also be able to view the sun’s corona, an extremely hot ring of fiery activity surrounding the sun that emits solar flares that can damage electrical grids and satellites and harm astronauts in space.”