When you look up at the sky, does it look like one big mass of air? Well there are actually 4 layers to the atmosphere all with different properties. Here, we will take a look at each layer from ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — How many layers do you think there are in our atmosphere? Five! We have five different layers between us and outer space. From the surface up there is the troposphere ...

Explore the layers of the atmosphere depicted to scale, including the Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, ...

I like to think of the atmosphere as sort of a big sandwich since the atmosphere isn't just one layer. It has many distinct layers from the ground all the way into space. This means the ground and ...

But when I am talking about the atmosphere, I am referring to the layer closest to Earth, the troposphere, where all weather occurs. Of course, there are multiple layers to the atmosphere.

Moving down in the atmosphere is a layer of sodium iodide and magnesium silicate clouds. The final layer consists of aluminum oxide clouds. The atmosphere's total depth is 446 miles (718 kilometers).

This is the upper atmosphere and temperatures increase with height as you go up. This is due to ultraviolet and x-ray radiation from the sun being absorbed by the molecules in this layer.

Moving down in the atmosphere is a layer of sodium iodide and magnesium silicate clouds. The final layer consists of aluminum oxide clouds. The atmosphere’s total depth is 446 miles (718 ...