Major activity coming from sunspot group 930. X9 class flare at 1030UT 5th Dec and another X6 at 18.45UT today (6 Dec). There is currently a R3 class radio blackout.

http://www.sec.noaa.gov/rt_plots/xray_5m.html

This might have caused a hiccup on Mars Odyssey:

http://athena.cornell.edu/news/mubss/

I kindof doubt there's a relationship. I think the geometry is wrong. The recent activity is coming from spot 930 on the left edge as viewed from earth but that particular spot and any CMEs its producing should be invisible from Mars right now.....

The update there says though, "A likely cause of the event was a big blast of high-energy particles from the Sun that got to Mars right before it happened."

strange. maybe there's another big spot on the opposite side.

Yeah, I was kind of thinking that; they seem to occur in surges.

The last cycle was a bit weird; sure is hopping now even during the minimum, eh?

WOW: http://www.nso.edu/staff/dooling/tsunami/

(yes, I'm out of my topics of predilection )

Sunspot : incredible . What could be happen if the Earth will be in the trajectory of the explosion?

I believe the wave seen in the time lapse view will only affect features on the Sun, however other aspects of the solar flare can have a dramatic impact on the Earth.

Lots of Space Weather information: http://www.sel.noaa.gov/info/FAQ.html

Check the latest soho images, there is a lots of satured sensors :
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime-images.html

...man...that thing looks like it's right on the solar equator, too.

While driving home an hour ago, I heard on the radio that tomorrow's ISS spacewalk might be postponed due to these conditions. Don't think I'd want to be outside during this stuff, either.

http://sec.noaa.gov/SWN/index.html
The Space Environment Center's "Space Weather Now" page is a good link for watching geomagnetic responses to stuff.

and
http://sec.noaa.gov/
their main link lists "Current Space Weather Conditions"

Yeah, I love the SEC site...used to use it all the time in my previous job as a C-130 avionics tech adviser up in Alaska. Whenever the KP index would climb, I knew we were going to have aircraft compass problems...

The auroral activity index is at 10/10 right now (1532 GMT/14 Dec)...hope it holds well past sunset for all locations in the Western Hemisphere, should be quite a show for those of us in northern latitudes (not me, unfortunately).