Have you ever seen a meteor shower, where meteors burn up and streak across the sky? Those meteors are burning up in the mesosphere.
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Mesosphere
Synonyms for "mesosphere" (3 found)
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atmospheric layer
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mid atmosphere
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middle atmosphere
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2 entriesmesospheric windsnoctilucent clouds
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6 entriesmesosphere boundarymesosphere layermesospheric temperaturesmesospheric windsnoctilucent cloudsupper mesosphere
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Temperatures in the mesosphere drop with increasing altitude to about -100 degrees C.
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The mesosphere is cold enough to freeze water vapor into ice clouds. You can see these clouds if sunlight hits them after sunset. They are called noctilucent clouds.
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The mesosphere is also the layer in which a lot of meteors burn up while entering Earth’s atmosphere.
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