How to Use mesosphere in a Sentence

mesosphere

noun
  • But the mesosphere is so high that another source of dust is needed.
    Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 6 Dec. 2016
  • Shoot a laser 56 miles into the mesosphere and measure the distortion.
    Noah Shachtman, WIRED, 14 May 2010
  • World View plans to use a balloon to take tourists to what part of Earth's atmosphere: the stratosphere, the mesosphere, or the troposphere?
    CNN, 16 Apr. 2020
  • In fact, the mesosphere contains very little moisture — just a tiny fraction of the level of moisture in the air in the Sahara.
    Kathryn Prociv, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2018
  • But sussing out what gives the dunes their dazzling gleam might help researchers figure out what’s going on in the mesosphere as well.
    Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Jan. 2020
  • This is the first time that Virgin Galactic has flown into the mesosphere, Ars reports.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 3 Aug. 2018
  • High in the mesosphere above Earth’s North and South Poles, feathery, glowing clouds occasionally stripe the night sky.
    Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Mar. 2021
  • Noctilucent clouds are the highest clouds in Earth’s atmosphere, located in the mesosphere about 50 miles above the surface.
    Kathryn Prociv, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2018
  • These mysterious, thin veils of clouds appear to form around the polar regions in the mesosphere, the highest level of Earth’s atmosphere.
    National Geographic, 22 June 2017
  • Meteors typically occur in the mesosphere, which is around 30 to 50 miles from Earth’s surface.
    Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 4 July 2023
  • These mysterious, thin veils of clouds appear to form around Earth’s polar regions in the mesosphere, the highest level of Earth’s atmosphere.
    National Geographic, 15 June 2016
  • His popularity, based on the raft of toys, fashion collaborations and multimillion dollar auction results, hovers somewhere near the mesosphere.
    Max Lakin, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2020
  • Palmroth and these citizen scientists have already broken ground on dune aurora research and are hoping that additional analysis will unlock more information about the mysterious mesosphere.
    Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 3 Feb. 2020

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