Iron County Record | 1936-12-17 | Page 9 | Studying an Eclipse

Studying an aD Eclipse Astronomers go to the end ends atthe o othe at 01 the earth to stud study the sun aun during an eclipse because two layers o of the sun can be studied only a at that time Ume At other times Umes these two layers called the chromo chromo- sphere re and the corona are hidden by the fierce nerce flood nood of light bight from the radiating surface of the sun un Just outside the suns sun's surface 1 is I. the a boULI ocean of red hydrogen flames names whirl which sometimes shoot to a height o of miles mUe Outs Outside de of th tho the chro chro- is the corona a wide circle of beautiful pearly light composed mostly of helium am and hydrogen the two gases used on Or onearth onearth earth to inflate airships