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From the center to the periphery are the core, the radiation and convection zones, the photosphere, the chromosphere and the corona.

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Violent projection of extremely hot gas into space, provoking polar auroras on Earth a few days later.

Luminous region of the photosphere.

A narrow jet of gas in the form of a plume observed in the solar chromosphere.

Visible surface of the Sun, with a temperature of 6,000°C.

The outermost layer of the solar atmosphere, visible in the form of a halo during a total eclipse; corona temperatures can reach 1,000,000°C.

Gas that erupts from the chromosphere and solar corona, contrasting with the darkness of space.