... November s Lunar Eclipse . ... Almost out of view from our fair planet, rotating around the Sun's western edge, giant sunspot region AR 10486 lashed out with another intense solar flare followed by a large coronal mass ejection (CME) on Tuesday, November 4th at about 1950 Universal Time. ... Many reported unusually red auroras, although colors across the spectrum were also seen. ... Our Sun itself frequently has sunspots, relatively cool dark magnetic depressions that move across its surface. ...