At the sun's surface and below, the H is a plasma

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alcaray — 4/30/2004 3:21:36 PM (archived)

Plasmas behave differently from gasses and liquids. There is no reason to expect that an element that is visibly transparent in one phase will be transparent in a different one.

Note also the density of the H on Sol.

Note also the temperature of the H.

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    - re: But the edges of the planet's disk are rather sharply defined - Success_Machine - 4/30/2004 8:07:15 AM
      - At the sun's surface and below, the H is a plasma - alcaray - 4/30/2004 3:21:36 PM
        
        Dense, hot plasmas are always opaque. Free electrons help ensure that.... (n/t) - et - 4/30/2004 6:52:09 PM
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