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What does this picture help you to understand about the thickness of our atmosphere?. pull. http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-129/html/iss021e031766.html.

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  1. What does this picture help you to understand about the thickness of our atmosphere? pull http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-129/html/iss021e031766.html The thin line of Earth's atmosphere and the setting sun are featured in this image photographed by a crew member on the International Space Station while space shuttle Atlantis (STS-129) remains docked with the station.

  2. What do you notice about elevation and pressure in the troposphere?

  3. What does this white zig-zag line represent? Why does the color of the atmosphere change from blue to black?

  4. What do you notice about this picture of the atmosphere?

  5. Troposphere ·About 75 to 80 per cent of the atmosphere’s mass found here. ·Almost all water vapor, carbon dioxide, dust, airborne pollutants and life found here. ·Warmest because of the radiated heat from the surface of the earth. ·Where clouds form and where all the weather happens.

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