... Images appearing toward the middle of the sequence show the Sun as in light predominantly emitted a few hundred kilometers above the photosphere . ...
... In this composite view, SOHO's uninterrupted view of the solar corona above the solar photosphere (center) and corona far beyond the Sun's disk, are shown in orange hues. ...
... Such images emphasize the solar chromosphere , the region of the Sun's atmosphere immediately above its photosphere or normally visible surface. ...
... artist and astronomer Mark Seibold viewed both the 1999 and 2006 transits of the solar system's innermost planet through solar filtered telescopes and composed this rendering of Mercury "hovering in the photosphere" near the edge of an enormous solar disk ...
... Bright regions are hotter and more active. The bubbling granularity and continuous activity of the Sun's photosphere is visible in the foreground. ...
... The resulting shock wave , known technically as a Moreton wave , compressed and heated up gasses including hydrogen in the photosphere of the Sun, causing a momentarily brighter glow. ...
... The glowing gas flowing around the relatively stable magnetic field loops above the Sun's photosphere has a temperature of over ten million degrees Celsius . ...
... Nonetheless, the bright points are regions of concentrated magnetic fields and are bright because the magnetic pressure opens a window to hotter deeper layers below the photosphere . ...
... The resulting shock wave , known technically as a Moreton wave , compressed and heated up gasses including hydrogen in the photosphere of the Sun, causing a momentarily brighter glow. ...