On Wed, 13 May 2009 18:00:11 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

Day ?L?*10^3 - The Sun hibernates - WHO: Global Swine Flu Cases Top
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"2009-05-13 07:15:19 UT"

The visible face of the Sun is without blemish (in unpolarized light):
http://web.ct.astro.it/sun/solef.jpg


Oh look ... it's sunspot 1017, near a region that sent out a large CME
the previous week. (P.S. Just because you can see it from earth's
surface, doesn't mean it's not occurring.. )

http://www.spaceweather.com/images20... q30ppgju248m4

http://www.spaceweather.com/