corona
/kəˈroʊnə/
noun
- The outermost part of the sun's atmosphere, visible as a white halo during a total solar eclipse.
- During the eclipse, the sun's corona glowed like a silver crown in the sky.
- Scientists study the corona to understand solar winds and space weather.
- The temperature of the corona is much hotter than the sun's surface.
- A circular or crown-shaped structure or part, such as the top of a head or the crown of a flower.
- The corona of the ancient statue was decorated with gold leaves.
- A corona of light appeared around the moon on the foggy night.
- The daffodil has a trumpet-shaped corona in the center of its petals.
- A luminous ring or halo around a celestial body, caused by diffraction of light by tiny water droplets or ice crystals in the atmosphere.
- The corona effect made the streetlights look like they had rainbow rings.
- We saw a beautiful corona around the moon through the thin clouds.
- Photographers often capture a corona when shooting the moon on a misty evening.
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