SDO ECLIPSE SEASON BEGINS: Twice every year, around the time of the equinoxes, Earth can pass directly between the Sun and NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), producing a series of beautiful eclipses from the point of view of the spacecraft. SDO's vernal eclipse season began this weekend, producing a partial blackout of the sun:

[link to www.spaceweather.com]

Nice Solarsoft SDO movie of flare to the right and a filament eruption to the left:

[link to sdowww.lmsal.com]