Even when the face of the Sun in normal light is boring...

 ...that doesn't mean nothing awesome isn't happening!

Here's a shot I took using a PST (Personal Solar Telescope) that is designed to show the Ha portion of the spectrum of light!

Here is what the GEOS-16 NASA satellite captured:

My camera's orientation is different and the telescope is certainly less expensive 

that the NASA satellite and camera, for sure, but it was nice to give it a try!

Here is what the Sun looked like at the same time in normal "white" light 

(minus the numbers used to identify solar sunspots):