The surface of our Sun has become a particularly busy place over the past two years because it is now nearing Solar Maximum, the time when its surface magnetic field is wound up the most
It actually looks like we've already reached solar maximum, and are going to be seeing the down slope somewhere in the next month or two.
4 posted on 10/15/2012 4:56:03 AM PDT by PapaBear3625
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