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CHROMOSPHERE (from Gr. xpwµa, colour,...

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 298 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CHROMOSPHERE (from Gr. xpwµa, See also:colour, and vqSaipa, a See also:sphere) , in See also:astronomy, the red-coloured envelope of the See also:sun, outside of the photosphere. It can be seen with the See also:eye at the beginning or ending of a See also:total See also:eclipse of the sun, and with a suitable spectroscope at any See also:time under favourable conditions.

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