During the next decade, solar physicists will learn more than they have dreamed possible about the Sun, thanks to current technologies that have advanced the capacity of land-based solar observatories. New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has led the effort to build the world’s largest and most capable solar telescope at Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO). Scheduled for first light in Jume 2008, the 1.6-meter NJIT solar telescope will surpass the current record holder - a 1-meter solar telescope operating on La Palma in the Canary Islands.