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Image courtesy of NASA. You can track sunspot activity on a daily basis right here.
After a period of very high solar activity (high numbers of sunspots) in the 20th century, our sun has suddenly gone exceptionally quiet, according to astronomer Dr. David Whitehouse.
We are currently at the end of one cycle of activity and astronomers keep waiting for the sunspots to return and mark the start of the next cycle 24, but so far there has been no sign of that returning anytime soon.
http://global-warming.accuweather.com/2007/12/
Ooops tried to include image..didn’t work.
here’s photo link
http://vortex.accuweather.com/adc2004/pub/includes/columns/community/2007/mdi_sunspots.jpg