This lack of activity has not been seen for nearly a century. According to data from Mount Wilson Observatory, UCLA, it has been an entire month without a sunspot. The last time this happened was June of 1913.
After this news hit the Internet the NOAA scoured the month of August photos and came up with this blemish which the United States Government is now calling a sunspot, thus trying to nullify this record.
[ Aug. 21, 2008 - Look for the tiny black dot in the upper right quadrant. ]
Seven years ago...
[ Aug. 21, 2001 - Look for the big black spots....These are real sunspots! ]
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