Sun Layers (IMAGE)

New Jersey Institute of Technology

Sun Layers

Caption

Diagram of the Sun’s interior and outer atmosphere, showing the core, radiative and convection zones — separated by the tachocline — and surface features such as sunspots, flares, the chromosphere and corona.

Credit

NASA

Usage Restrictions

No restrictions.

License

Public Domain

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