STRONG GEOMAGNETIC STORM UNDERWAY: A strong G3-class geomagnetic storm is underway on March 20-21 following the impact of an equinox CME. High latitude sky watchers should be alert for auroras!
GREEN AIRGLOW IN THE HEAT DOME: A record-setting ridge of high pressure has set up over the US west, creating a heat dome that meteorologists are calling “absurd” and “otherworldly.” It might be partly responsible for last night’s display of green airglow over Colorado:
NOTE: Today’s weather forecast for SE Kansas is a high of 93°F (33.88°C).
The Elders of the indigenous tribes turned to the West at Sunset to give thanks for the Day and to release what is left behind in the past. We can let go of what we can no longer change and invest Faith in the Unknown Future. By Jewish tradition the New Day begins at Sundown.
We can give thanks now for the Sunrise that will deliver the Light of a new beginning and the Resurrection of Spring.
Earth’s closest Alignment with the Poles of the Sun
The exact moment of the Equinox on March 20, 2026 is 10:46 a.m. ET in the Northern Hemisphere
Earth Springs to Life at the Vernal Equinox. The greatest area of Earth receives the Sun’s light at the Same Time. At the Equinox the Sun descends the stairs of the Calendar Pyramid in Chichen Itza, from a convergence of Light from 4 corners of the Earth.