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Description: Corona
Outermost portion of the solar atmosphere
Very tenuous
Ionized gases escape from the outer fringe and produce the solar wind
Temperature at the top exceeds 1 million K
Solar wind and Sun’s magnetic field make bubble called the heliosphere that extends past Pluto

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