Mystery of the Missing Sunspots, Solved?

What about solar flares, what has been the effect on them?

I saw this site:

http://www.hydrogenalpha.com/

which shows that last year there definitely were some solar
prominences. A Yahoo! Answer noted that prominences are weaker when
there are no sunspots, but they aren't completely absent.

John Savard

That shows your lack of knowledge of the sun. Proms are NOT flares. You
are putting them in the same basket and shouldn't. Flares are NOT CME's
either but
certainly more closely relatedx due to their common themes of explosive
release of
energy when magnetic knots break.

On Jun 19, 10:05*am, "Meme Mr. Mustard" wrote:

That shows your lack of knowledge of the sun. *Proms are NOT flares. You
are putting them in the same basket and shouldn't. *Flares are NOT CME's
either but
certainly more closely relatedx due to their common themes of explosive
release of
energy when magnetic knots break.

I'm sorry to have commented inaccurately. Of course, what with a
"century class" solar minimum, all I can say is that it's a pity we
aren't sending someone to Mars now, when we have such a beautiful
opportunity to do so with safety more easily. However, it may be that
the chance of a solar flare over such a long-duration mission is
_still_ not low _enough_ for us to do without a solution to the issue.

John Savard