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Similarities between chromosphere and corona

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Step-by-step explanation:

The chromosphere is above the photosphere, the visible "surface" of the Sun. It lies below the solar corona, the Sun's upper atmosphere, which extends many thousands of kilometers above the chromosphere into space. The plasma (electrically charged gas) in the chromosphere has a very low density

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Step-by-step explanation:

Beginning from the outside, they are: the corona - the outermost, hot shell of the atmosphere. the chromosphere - a transparent layer between the corona and the photosphere. the photosphere - the visible "surface" of the Sun.

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