5,000 MAGNETOSPHERE Layers of the Earth 200THERMO nD km Atmosphere 200 reflected here Ozone region mb 1o- STRATOSPHERE cloudsptar! 100 10.000 clouds 5,00010 Layers of the Earth’s Atmosphere TEMPERATURE MAGNETOSPHERE Pressure Molecular mean free path EXOSPHERE Sunlit Spray region Warm region Maximum height for balloons THERMOSPHERE Aurora Aurora Airglow MESOSPHERE IONOSPHERE Noctilucent cloud D E F1 F2 Ozone region Sound waves reflected here Mother-of-pearl clouds Cirrus clouds Altocumulus clouds cumulus clouds Stratus clouds Tropopause STRATOSPHERE Mount Blanc Ben Nevis Temperature curve -1000C -500C 00C 500C 1000C 1,000 mb 10-8 mb 10-6 cm 10-4 cm 1cm 1km 100 km 100 mb 1 mb 10-2 mb 10-4 mb 10-6 mb 10-10 mb Miles 10,000 5,000 5,000 2,000 2,000 1,000 1,000 500 500 200 200 100 100 50 50 20 20 10 50,000 30,000 20,000 10,000 5 ,000 10 5 2 1 Kilometers Feet Mount Everest TROPOSPHERE