Above it lies the solar corona, rising to a temperature of 1-2 million K.
This is a common explanation for the heating that takes place in the solar corona.
The site was selected for its clear daytime atmospheric seeing conditions, which will enable study of the solar corona.
She had two hours left, skimming like a flat stone over the solar corona.
Already the solar corona was well over a ridge in the northeast.
The observatory also has a coronograph, which is used to study the solar corona.
Aditya is proposed to be sent to space by 2015-16 to study the solar corona.
Its present course will take it through the solar corona.
She used this camera to photograph the outer solar corona from India in 1898.
Another important effect is refraction of the radio waves by the solar corona.