>------------- Begin Forwarded Message ------------- >Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 16:22:41 -0600 >From: "Donald C. Herzog">Subject: Geomagnetic activity > >April 6,2000 > >Team members: > >Sorry for the late notice, but we had a interplanetary shock wave hit late >this morning with an accompanying sharp increase in the solar wind >velocity, and a corresponding sharp increase in geomagnetic activity. The >magnetic field continues to be disturbed, and there could be aurora visible >at mid-latitudes tonight. > >Attached is a graphic showing the location of the aurora as of about 4 pm >local (Denver) time today. Red indicates intense auroral displays. You can >see that northern Russia and the Scandinavian countries are having auroral >sightings right now, and as it stands, it is likely that this will expand >into the northern US as we pass into the night. The best time for viewing >is around midnight, and look to the northern horizon. > >Don >------------- End Forwarded Message ------------- > >Content-Type: IMAGE/gif; name="aurora_040600.gif" >Content-Description: aurora_040600.gif >Content-MD5: EyEtFmyTyfY63dY31rP0lQ== > >Content-Type: TEXT/plain; name=NoName; charset=us-ascii >Content-Description: NoName >Content-MD5: oxOYuLYLDvySc7SuTsOAyg== > > >------------------------------------------------------- >Donald C. Herzog TEL: 303.273.8487 >U.S. Geological Survey FAX: 303.273.8600 >Box 25046 MS 966 herzog@................... >Denver Federal Center http://geomag.usgs.gov >Denver, CO 80225-0046 >USA * John C. and Jan H. Lahr * JohnJan@........ * 1925 Foothills Road * Golden, Colorado 80401-1718 * (303) 215-9913 * http://lahr.org/john-jan __________________________________________________________ Public Seismic Network Mailing List (PSN-L)
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