This site describes the corona of the sun from three different points of view. In the first case, the white-light corona is the sight that is visible during total eclipses of the sun as a pearly white crown surrounding the sun and displays a variety of features including streamers, plumes, and loops. The emission line corona is explained on the basis of the extreme heat of the corona and the X-ray corona is described in terms of past and present research projects designed to study it. The site also contains an image for each of the three parts.
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