The rundown on 'Spot 798:
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This remarkable 'spot has produced nine X-flares since Sept. 7th including a record-setting X17-monster. All by itself, sunspot 798 has made Sept. 2005 the most active month on the sun since March 1991.
Wow.
You can still listen to audio (radio bursts) hosted at spaceweather.com.
They're predicting aurorae in places as far south as southern California, Arizona and Texas (New Mexico always excluded...sheesh) if the incoming CME does wallop our magnetic field as strongly as predicted.
SOHO movie of Sept. 13 CME
Photo of 'Spot 798 taken by A. Friedman on Sept. 11:
http://www.spaceweather.com/swpod2005/12sep05/friedman.jpg
The caption to the photo was "Into the Maelstrom." I'd say that's apt. Terrific photo.