Big Sunspot

[Whitters]

More than four years after solar maximum, the sun continues to produce big sunspots.  There's one transiting the solar disk now.
It's about five times wider than our entire planet Earth--in other words, big enough to see with the unaided eye. But please do
not stare at the blinding sun. Visit http://spaceweather.com for safe solar observing tips, plus a movie of the growing 'spot and
photos taken by amateur astronomers around the world.