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<H1>Equinox Sunspots</H1>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>In a year when the sun has been utterly blank 80% of the
time, the sudden emergence of two large sunspots in a single day is a noteworthy
event. Today is such a day, says a report on the spaceweather.com website.
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<P><FONT face=Verdana>NASA satellites and amateur astronomers are monitoring a
pair of growing sunspots, both apparently members of long-overdue Solar Cycle
24. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>The emergence of these active regions is not enough to end
the deepest solar minimum in nearly a hundred years, but they do represent a
significant uptick in solar activity. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Check </FONT><A href="http://spaceweather.com/"
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