How to Use chromosphere in a Sentence

chromosphere

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Definition of chromospherenext
  • When viewed during a total solar eclipse, the red rim of the chromosphere is just visible to the naked eye.
    — Discover Magazine, 15 Aug. 2017
  • The chromosphere and corona make up the sun's the solar atmosphere.
    — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 3 Nov. 2019
  • Eclipses can help researchers explore the difficult-to-see chromosphere—a thin layer at the base of the sun’s corona.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 22 June 2017
  • The telescope captured several new pictures of the Sun’s surface back in August, with the fiery chromosphere the main focus of them all.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 18 Nov. 2022
  • The spicules surge thousands of miles high, passing through the chromosphere and into the sun’s corona before collapsing.
    — Nicholas St. Fleur, New York Times, 23 June 2017
  • On a recent visit, Tundup clicked open a file on a computer and pointed around a red stubbled image of the sun’s chromosphere.
    — Raghu Karnad, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2020
  • The hot, outer layers of its atmosphere known as the chromosphere appeared to be missing.
    — Shannon Hall, Scientific American, 23 Dec. 2019
  • The setup is also equipped with a DayStar Quark (chromosphere) solar filter.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 2 May 2022
  • Astronomers have finally captured the first images of the Sun’s chromosphere.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 21 Sep. 2022
  • The 4 to 5 percent that will remain visible is part of the chromosphere, or its lower atmosphere.
    — Ramin Skibba, WIRED, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Many of these structures are visible in the chromosphere and corona, the outermost layers of the Sun's atmosphere.
    — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 12 Dec. 2014
  • At any given moment, part of the sun's atmosphere, known as the chromosphere, is filled with up to 10 million spicules that usually last under 10 minutes.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 15 Nov. 2019
  • But because Earth would cover more of the space surrounding the sun, lunar residents wouldn’t be able to see the chromosphere — the fiery region of high-energy flares ejecting from the sun’s surface.
    — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2018
  • Given the lower pressures in the chromosphere, these melting points would be appreciably lower inside the sun.
    — Veronique Greenwood, Discover Magazine, 22 Feb. 2012
  • The chromosphere, or part of the sun’s atmosphere, may glow in a thin pink circle around the moon during totality, while the sun’s hot outer atmosphere, or corona, will appear as white light.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 3 Mar. 2024
  • The density in the chromosphere is significantly lower than in the sun’s interior, so the magnetic fields are no longer suppressed and are able to straighten out.
    — Nicholas St. Fleur, New York Times, 23 June 2017
  • The situation in the sun’s chromosphere would be orders of magnitude more difficult.
    — Veronique Greenwood, Discover Magazine, 22 Feb. 2012
  • Mariona Badenas, 25, of Spain, walked past, heading for the observatory, where a special telescope allows her to look at the sun’s chromosphere, or second layer of atmosphere.
    — David Kelly, latimes.com, 23 June 2019
  • Rising within the chromosphere, the relative force of the superheated plasma lessens quickly, but the magnetic fields stay relatively strong.
    — Chris Wright, Wired, 15 Mar. 2021
  • The telescope, which captured these first images of the Sun’s chromosphere, is operated by the National Solar Observatory.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 21 Sep. 2022
  • While the videographers are at work, Zurbuchen will be operating a handheld spectrometer to analyze the sun’s chromosphere and corona — the wispy, outer atmosphere that is only visible during a total eclipse.
    — Sandi Doughton, The Seattle Times, 11 Aug. 2017
  • Mysteriously, the corona is much hotter than the photosphere and chromosphere layers immediately below it.
    — Brian T. Jacobs, National Geographic, 24 Aug. 2021

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