now who was that who wanted to see the fire

Space Weather news for Dec. 7, 2007 http://spaceweather.com/
SUNSPOT ALERT: The sun is near the lowest ebb of the 11-year solar cycle and, until now, 2007 has been a year of very few sunspots. Enter sunspot 978 : It popped over the sun's eastern limb yesterday and is quickly becoming a behemoth. The rapidly growing sunspot group is more than five times wider than Earth, making it an easy target for properly-filtered backyard telescopes. So far sunspot 978 poses little threat for strong solar flares, but this could change if the active region's development continues apace.

NASA Science News for December 6, 2007
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/06dec_xrayjets.htm?list924016

Astronomers using Japan's Hinode spacecraft have discovered an important new form of solar activity: abundant x-ray jets.

Hinode jet movies, Quicktime format: 2 MB, 2 MB, 4 MB, 24 MB, 26 MB.