] May 12, 2004: On May 13th, weather permitting, sky
] watchers up and down the US east coast can see the
] International Space Station (ISS) glide by the planet
] Jupiter. The ISS looks like a slow-moving meteor, as
] bright as Jupiter itself. When the two converge ... it's
] going to be beautiful.
]
] The encounter will be widely visible from Alabama,
] Georgia, parts of North Carolina and Tennessee,
] Washington D.C., West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and all the
] states of New England. Most people in those areas will
] see the ISS pass mere degrees from Jupiter. A few
] observers are going to see the station actually eclipse
] the giant planet.
]
] The "path of totality," only about 80-meters wide, runs
] from Alabama to Maine. Viewed from inside this narrow
] corridor, the space station will pass right in front of
] Jupiter. It only takes a split-second for the ISS to
] cross the planet, but during that instant, Jupiter's
] cloud belts and its largest moons will wink in and out
] among the station's gangly solar arrays and modules.

Well THIS just sucks - The path of totality is not too far from my home. I'd take a road trip and my Cannon GL2 out, but forcast calls for scattered t-storms all night :( -LB