] 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 Space Station Eclipses Jupiter |