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UK
/kɹˈəʊməsfˌiə/
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NOUN
- a gaseous layer of the sun's atmosphere (extending from the photosphere to the corona) that is visible during a total eclipse of the sun
How To Use chromosphere In A Sentence
- The chromosphere extends from the top of the temperature minimum region up another 2000 kilometers and is named for the Greek word chromo which means color. SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles - Part 1067
- The corona is characterized by solar prominences which are immense clouds of super heated glowing gas that has erupted from the upper chromosphere. SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles - Part 1067
- Solar flares appear as sudden, intense flashes in the chromosphere of the Sun.
- But the hotter hydrogen in the chromosphere and corona above it is madly emitting at the same wavelength.
- The clouds will just impede your direct view and the light of corona, chromosphere, and prominences may trickle through.
- For decades astronomers labored to get good photographs of the chromosphere, and in particular its spectrum.
- Like the chromosphere, the corona can only be seen by eye during a total eclipse, although there are other technical ways to observe it between times.
- The chromosphere is the first layer of atmosphere above the sun's surface layer.
- Prominences, flares, plages, and other features of the solar chromosphere can be observed in hydrogen light.
