Above the photosphere is the chromosphere. And still above the chromosphere is an area called the corona. This atmosphere extends millions of kilometers above the sun and has temperatures of more than 1,000,000 k. Now...that is blazing hot! The corona can be seen only during eclipses of the sun.

Every second, 368 billion megawatts are discharged by this enormous ball of energy. Luckily for us, the sun is located at just the right distance to keep us from boiling or freezing to death.