Sunday, August 30th marks the 51st straight day without a sunspot, one of the longest stretches in a century. One more day and we have a spotless month (we had some by some accounts one last August but a few observatories thought they saw a spot on the sun for a few hours one day). It would be either the first or second spotless month since 1913 depending on whether you count last August as spotless.

via ICECAP

Check out the site. Make sure you go down the page and read the article about how small changes in solar activity make big changes in earth’s climate. A lot bigger changes than your spray deodorant, your styrofoam cup, or your Hummer can make.

Thanks to my old college friend, Mike McEvoy, for the link. This is a site I’ll be checking in on regularly.