SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -The corona is the outermost part of the Sun’s atmosphere. The corona is usually hidden by the bright light of the Sun’s surface. That makes it difficult to see without using special instruments. However, the corona can be seen during a total solar eclipse.

Detailed explanation-2: -Although they are visible around the sun, the corona produced is weaker than the bright direct sunlight itself, making it harder to see. The ideal conditions occur when the moon sits behind newly formed, mid-level clouds such as altostratus.

Detailed explanation-3: -The shadow that the Moon casts has two main parts: the darker inner shadow called the umbra, and a fainter outer shadow called the penumbra. Within the umbra, the Sun’s light is completely blocked. In the penumbra, the Sun’s light is only partially blocked.

Detailed explanation-4: -The third layer of the sun’s atmosphere is the corona. Like the chromosphere, the sun’s corona can only be seen during a total solar eclipse (or with NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (opens in new tab)).

Detailed explanation-5: -EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse Weather permitting, people in the path of a total solar eclipse can see the Sun’s corona, the outer atmosphere, which is otherwise usually obscured by the bright face of the Sun.