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Chromosphere

noun
1.
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.





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... flame below the corona is called the chromosphere. Hydrogen is the principal material of its upper part; iron, magnesium, and other [Page 89] metals, some of them as yet unknown on earth, but having a record in the spectrum, in the denser parts below. If these fierce fires are a part ...
— Recreations in Astronomy - With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work • Henry Warren


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