[spokeshave]

If the sun skips sunspot cycle 25 and goes directly to #26....enjoy about 400 years of mini icce-age.

http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/sunspots/

note the absence of sunspots today.

Mauder Minimum Redux.

[eyedigress]

BFL

[Techster]

I believe we are presently waiting for cycle 24 to make a real showing. As of now, there have been 181 spotless days in 2009 and there were 266 spotless days in 2008. 2007 had over 160 spotless days. One has to go back to 1911, 1912 and 1913 to find a three year period with more spotless days. Yep, could be the beginning of a Mauder Minimum Redux.

[mvpel]

http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/sunspots/

I see a whole bunch of sunspots!

No... wait... that's Coca-Cola all over my monitor that I blew out of my nose laughing at Al Gore.