The Chromosphere

Highlights

• ›The rosy layer glimpsed at eclipse — home to spicules

The Sun, its layers & phenomena

• The Sun
• The Photosphere
• The Transition Region
• Spicule
• Plage
• Filament

Across solar physics

• The Photosphere
• The Transition Region
• Filament
• Plage
• Spicule

Knowledge connections

• Associated withThe Photosphere
• Associated withThe Sun
• Associated withThe Photosphere
• Associated withThe Transition Region
• Associated withSpicule
• Associated withPlage
• Associated withFilament
• Associated withThe Transition Region
• Associated withFilament
• Associated withPlage
• Associated withSpicule

Sources

Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.

• NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration

  Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.

  Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.