The STEREO team released the first image ever taken of the complete globe of the sun. Not the disk, the ENTIRE sphere. Really cool. I also respond to a request about concerns of the upcoming solar max and the predictions that it will be stronger than usual. Links to pages in the vid: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/stereo/news/entire-sun.html http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2008/06may_carringtonflare/ http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2006/10mar_stormwarning/ http://spaceweather.com/ http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2009/29may_noaaprediction/