solar disk
The visible sun
The solar disk is the sun as it appears from Earth—a bright circular shape in the sky.
The term emphasizes the sun's visual appearance rather than its nature as a star: The solar disk hung low on the horizon.
In ancient Egyptian religion, the solar disk was a divine symbol, often depicted with wings or as part of the sun god Ra.
- RaEgyptian sun deity
- sun godDivine personification of daylight's source
- ankhLooped Egyptian vitality symbol
- deityWorshipped supernatural being
- sun worshipReligious devotion to daystar
sunrise · morning sun · sunspots · sun · golden orb · celestial body · Amaterasu · green flash · helios · ancient Egypt · prominences · Apollo · scarab · eclipse · total eclipse · chariot · Egyptian · winged sun
- sunsunlight, sunspots, sunshine, sunbeam, photosphere
- twilightdusk, dawn, gloaming, eventide, nightfall
- Egyptian Symbolsankh, scarab, cartouche, crook, flail
- sun worshipsun god, sun goddess, sun worship, sun temple, Ra
- discsCD, DVD, record, diskette, vinyl record
- Egyptian sky godsRa, Horus, Nut, Hathor, sun god
solar structure region
solar diskcorona
Star's outermost atmosphere
solar corona · chromosphere · solar wind · heliosphere · solar flares