The Transition Region

Highlights

• ›Temperature leaps from ~10⁴ to ~10⁶ K across it

The Sun, its layers & phenomena

• The Sun
• The Chromosphere
• The Solar Corona
• The Coronal Heating Problem

Across solar physics

• The Chromosphere
• The Solar Corona

Knowledge connections

• Associated withThe Chromosphere
• Associated withThe Sun
• Associated withThe Chromosphere
• Associated withThe Solar Corona
• Associated withThe Coronal Heating Problem
• Associated withThe Solar Corona

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.