altitude
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They matched observations showing that cooling becomes stronger with altitude, with the greatest cooling occurring near the top of the stratosphere.
From Science Daily • May 14, 2026
There will be short, sharp peaks and valleys, but if you can’t stand the rises and falls in altitude, hand over those anxieties to your silent, hardworking virtual self.
From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026
"We are thinking about airlifting the rope-fixing team and their logistics to Camp 2 by helicopter, so they can open the route above that altitude for now," Ram Krishna Lamichhane, the department's director general, said.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
Parachutes are set to deploy at an altitude of 22,000 feet, and then at 6,000 feet, to slow Orion’s descent to about 20 miles an hour.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
“We want our rocket to go to an altitude of precisely two miles. The equations to make that happen are in that book. Do them!”
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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