> Space Weather News for July 15, 2000
>
> A powerful shock wave from the fast-moving July 14th coronal mass
ejection
> has arrived in the neighborhood of Earth. An extreme geomagnetic
storm
> was underway at 1900 UT (3:00 p.m. EDT) on July 15th. If conditions
> persist as they are now, aurora could be visible at middle (and possibly
> even equatorial) latitudes. The best time to view aurora is usually
near
> local midnight. In this case, sky watchers are advised to look for
aurora
> as soon as night falls. For more information and updates please
visit
> http://www.spaceweather.com
>
> Readers are invited to send pictures of tonight's aurora and the July 16,
> 2000, total lunar eclipse (visible across the Pacific Ocean) as an email
> attachment to phillips@spacescience.com
for possible posting on
> spaceweather.com and/or spacescience.com.
>
> For more information about the lunar eclipse:
>
> Pacific Lunar Eclipse
> http://spacescience.com/headlines/y2000/ast14jul_1m.htm