Geoeffective solar activity could commence within days.

[dan Lelsie]

FARSIDE ERUPTION: An active region on the far side of the sun erupted this morning, hurling a bright CME into space. The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) saw the cloud emerging over the sun's eastern limb:

Update: Click here to make the cloud expand

NASA's STEREO-B spacecraft happens to be stationed almost directly over the blast site. The spacecraft's extreme UV telescope caught the explosion from the beginning; this movie shows the eruption and the shadowy shock wave it propelled through the sun's atmosphere.

The source of this activity, probably a big sunspot, is on the farside of the sun now, but won't remain there. The sun's rotation is turning it toward Earth. Geoeffective solar activity could commence within days. Stay tuned.

http://www.spaceweather.com/

[Kim B]

This is incredible.  And that visitor certainly looks just like the spheres that were hanging out by the sun last year.

[Amy Evans]

These were recorded this morning ... another massive blast happened yesterday at close to the same time ... our Sun is starting to react violently to a silent visiter to our system on Jan 10