"Beyond the Blue Horizon" – A Total Solar Eclipse Chase. 1999-08-05 [2010-05-21]. (原始内容存档于2012-02-10). On ordinary days, the corona is hidden by the blue sky, since it is about a million times fainter than the layer of the sun we see shining every day, the photosphere.
Lang, K.R. 5.1 MAGNETIC FIELDS IN THE VISIBLE PHOTOSPHERE. Sun, earth, and sky 2nd. Springer. September 2006: 81. ISBN 978-0-387-30456-4. this opaque layer is the photosphere, the level of the Sun from which we get our light and heat
The Sun's Corona – Introduction. NASA. [2010-05-21]. (原始内容存档于2012-02-10). Now most scientists believe that the heating of the corona is linked to the interaction of the magnetic field lines.