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04-27-2009, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by alyscat

Apparently sunspot activity is not really necessary for CMEs - there was a story I saw yesterday (or the day before) - caught it on the web. Now let me go see if I can find the site.

Here's a story from 2000
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2000/ast13sep_1.htm

alys

The amazing thing about that stotry is in the first few lines I quote:

Sept. 13, 2000 -- On Monday, Sept. 11, the sunspot number dropped to its lowest value of the year. The face of the Sun looked remarkably blank with only a few tiny spots visible in telescopes.

That was is amazing for me don't know about you?The CME could be a result of the closing down as it were? Like a pressure cooker without the valve????