Stargazing

[Kit Sober]

This notice came up on my email:

Updated: 03:18 PM EST

Stargazers Get Rare Look at Three Planets

By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Dec. 9) -- Stargazers will get a rare triple planetary treat this weekend with Jupiter, Mercury and Mars appearing to nestle together in the predawn skies. About 45 minutes before dawn on Sunday those three planets will be so close that the average person's thumb can obscure all three from view.

I don't know if it's only in USA east or ? ? ?

[Ca_dreaming]

cool

[Kit Sober]

Solar Storm's Increased Radiation May Bring Auroras into Vision in Northern U.S. Thursday Night, and Could Cause Power Grids to Surge

"It's really hitting the Earth's magnetic field pretty hard."

Paul Wagenseil/AH (Dec 14th, 2006)

According to a FOXNews report, Thursday's solar storm, which had astronauts aboard the International Space Station running for cover, has been showering the earth with sub-atomically charged particles. The solar wind gust was sparked by a major X-3 category solar flare on Tuesday.

Airlines were cautioned against flying over polar routes, and regional electrical networks are also at risk. It was also thought that auroras (northern lights) may move toward the earth's equator, causing them to be visible over the northern parts of the continental United States.

Joseph Kunches, lead forecaster at the NOAA Space Environment Center in Boulder, Colo., told FOXNews, "It's really hitting the Earth's magnetic field pretty hard, it's already affected HF [high-frequency]radio on the other side of the globe, as well as the astronauts aboard the ISS [international space station]."

Source: FOXNews.com