Tuesday, August 23, 2016

A blank sun stares at us


With only one eeny-weeny sunspot facing Earth, the face of the sun is nearly blank. 

To put that into perspective:

                                                  Total spotless days by year

2016 total: 20 days so far (9%)
2015 total: 0 days (0%) 

2014 total: 1 day (<1 br="">2013 total: 0 days (0%)
2012 total: 0 days (0%)
2011 total: 2 days (<1 br="">2010 total: 51 days (14%)
2009 total: 260 days (71%)

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