solar flare last monday, a really big one -- http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=5956 this picture blows my mind -- http://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/eit/images/Sun_and_earth.jpg juxtaposed image of earth to scale it's not like i didn't know the relative sizes already, being a space buff, but the picture is still amazing rudy