Remember a while ago when I told you - Sept. 24, 2008 (click here) -- of the unusual quiet period dominating the surface of ]the star we (the Earth) orbit 93 million miles away and call the Sun? Well, as predicted, its been followed by a period of amazing activity. This active cycle might effect our climate in the near future (in the recent past, similar periods of great activity have triggering decades that are later called mini-ice ages), but right now it's just amazing to see. And we should realize we are the first human to ever see such a spectacle. The following video was recorded on June 7, just a few days ago. I suggest you set your computer to watch it on full screen and listen to the narrator, who does a better job explaining what's happening than I ever could. Just one thing: What's happening is taking place in an area large enough to hold 5000 Earths, which, at least in my mind, makes all our whining about global warming seem just a little pathetic.With apologies to Craig Ferguson, "I look forward to your letters (as uninformed as they might be)."
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