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69onZ TIL that the temperature profile of the Earth's atmosphere is stratified, fluctuating based on the particular atmospheric layer, with the highest temperatures observed in the exosphere, up to 2,000°C, due to solar radiation
yVZPV TIL that nearly all of what we see as lightning is the current returning to the cloud from the ground. It appears to be coming from the cloud because it is illuminating the bolts that didn't reach the ground
9wlNX TIL Atmospheric rivers are long, narrow regions in the atmosphere, like rivers in the sky, that transport massive amounts of water vapor from of the tropics roughly equivalent to the average flow of water at the mouth of the Mississippi River. They can unleash heavy rain and cause severe flooding.