upper atmosphere
Example Sentences
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About an hour after the superstorm arrived, charged particles surged through Earth's upper atmosphere at high latitudes and flowed toward the polar cap.
From Science Daily
The second stage is the upper portion of the rocket and is responsible for delivering items into orbit after the first stage has successfully propelled the rocket into Earth’s upper atmosphere and detached itself.
From Los Angeles Times
This pattern in the upper atmosphere has allowed a large, slow-moving area of high pressure to build over Scandinavia and has led to a cool airmass heading our way.
From BBC
Small asteroids typically burn up in the upper atmosphere before ever reaching Earth’s surface to become meteorites.
From Los Angeles Times
But it was Littler on the chat show sofas alongside Hollywood stars, Littler on the front of kids' darts sets under the Christmas tree, Littler streaking through the earth's upper atmosphere as part of a gaming console advert.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
