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jhetley ([personal profile] jhetley) wrote2009-01-14 09:43 pm

Cloudy now

This is a good thing.  Put some blankets between us and that interstellar cold.

[identity profile] wcg.livejournal.com 2009-01-15 03:16 am (UTC)(link)
There have been times I've laughed wryly at the thought that the exospheric[1] temperature is higher than the temperature on the ground.



[1]The exosphere is the outermost part of Earth's atmosphere.

[identity profile] jhetley.livejournal.com 2009-01-15 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
Which don't help a damn with radiation cooling.

Also, not much actual energy involved, given the scarcity of, like, air up there.