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  1. Greek `colour' and `sphere' a layer of mostly
  2. hydrogen gas about 10,000 km/6,000 mi deep
  3. above the visible surface of the Sun (the
  4. photosphere). It appears pinkish-red during
  5. eclipses of the Sun.
  6.