Space Weather News for June 21, 2003<br />http://spaceweather.com<br /><br />JUNE SOLSTICE: The sun will reach its highest point in northern skies<br />today, June 21st, at 3:10 p.m. EDT (1910 UT). This marks the beginning of<br />northern summer and, at precisely the same moment, southern winter.<br /><br />UNSEASONAL AURORAS: Solstices are usually poor times for aurora watching.<br />(Follow the links at spaceweather.com to find out why equinoxes are<br />better.) Curiously, though, the weeks leading up to today's solstice have<br />been filled with Northern Lights. Since late May auroras have appeared as<br />far south in the United States as Michigan, Washington, Wisconsin ... even<br />Virginia. Much like Earth weather, it seems, space weather is full of<br />surprises.<br /><br />Visit Spaceweather.com and browse our galleries of these unseasonal<br />auroras.