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The blank sun on Oct. 11, 2004, photographed by the ESA-NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory.
Something strange happened on the sun: all the sunspots vanished.
This is a sign, say scientists, that solar minimum is coming sooner than expected.
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/solarsystem/18oct_solarminimum.html