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10 paź 2012 · The inner layers are the Core, Radiative Zone and Convection Zone. The outer layers are the Photosphere, the Chromosphere, the Transition Region and the Corona. IRIS will focus its investigation on the Chromosphere and Transition Region.
2 lut 2023 · The sun has seven different layers, which are further divided into three inner and four outer layers. The names of these layers, in order of their presence from the core of the sun are as follows: Inner Layers. 1) Core. 2) Radiative Zone. 3) Convection Zone. Outer Layers. 1) Photosphere. 2) Chromosphere. 3) Transition Region. 4) Corona
3 lut 2024 · The outer surface of the Sun is home to some interesting phenomena, such as solar prominences, flares, sunspots, and coronal holes: Solar Prominences Solar prominences are immense clouds of relatively cooler, dense plasma suspended above the Sun’s surface by the Sun’s magnetic field.
23 sty 2013 · Coronal Streamers – The outward flowing plasma of the corona is shaped by magnetic field lines into tapered forms called coronal streamers, which extend millions of miles into space. This image is featured on the Mysteries of the Sun website and companion book. Credit: NASA/Jenny Mottar
The layers of the Sun are divided into two larger groups, the outer and the inner layers. The outer layers are the Corona, the Transition Region, the Chromosphere, and the Photosphere, while the inner layers are the Core, the Radiative Zone, and the Convection Zone.
The Sun viewed at different wavelengths of light reveals its outer layers. White is visible light from the photosphere. Red is ultraviolet light from the chromosphere. Blue and green are extreme ultraviolet light from the corona.
In one of the Sun’s biggest mysteries, the Sun’s outer atmosphere, the corona, gets hotter the farther it stretches from the surface. The corona reaches up to 3.5 million °F (2 million °C) – much, much hotter than the photosphere.
