As of today (28 sep 08) the sun is again back to NO sunspots

(even the farside images show no sunspots) 

here are the images:

Also an image of a new solar prominence:

these images from Spaceweather.com

Though again we are in a no sunspot condition the prominence seen above leads the

Solar Influences Data Analysis Center (SIDC) to believe

(according to this ALERT) that the minimum HAS ended!

Watch this space for more information