Space Weather news for April 19, 2003<br />http://spaceweather.com<br /><br /><br />Geomagnetic activity surged for a while on Monday, April 28th, when Earth<br />glided through a solar wind stream. Northern Lights in the United States<br />descended as far south as Wisconsin. More auroras are possible on May 1st<br />when our planet is expected to encounter another solar wind stream flowing<br />from a coronal hole on the sun.<br /><br /><br />Meanwhile, the sunspot number is rising. The face of the sun is peppered<br />with active regions--one stretching nearly 10 Earth-diameters from end to<br />end. The impressive sunspot group is easy to observe using safe solar<br />projection methods.<br /><br /><br />Visit spaceweather.com for images and more information