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Upper
Atmosphere
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(Mesosphere)
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Thermosphere
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no upper limit
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fades off into thin interplanetary
gas
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UV radiation ionizes
the gas in the thermosphere
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Ionosphere is first
300 km of thermosphere
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AM and short-wave radio waves
bounce off of ionosphere
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Ham radio operators talk
around the world
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