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The Atmosphere…

10:38 PM Sun, May 13, 2007 |

We live at the bottom of a ‘sea of air’ known as the atmosphere. The outermost part of this ‘sea of air’ reaches more than 500 miles above the surface of the Earth. Early attempts at studying the nature of the atmosphere used clues from the weather, the beautiful multi-colored sunsets and sunrises, and the twinkling of stars. Now with the use of sensitive instruments from space, we are able to get a better view of the functioning of our atmo...