... completely dark because the Earth'satmosphere refracts direct sunlight around the ... eclipse depends on how transparent or dusty the Earth'satmosphere is at the time ...
... However, the Earth'satmosphere can scatter some of the Sun's light, re-directing a portion of it towards the Moon. ... The actual colour depends on how transparent or dusty the Earth'satmosphere is at the time. ...
... on the mass distribution of fireballs entering the Earth'satmosphere, coupled with the discovery rates of bodies from Near ... like the comet dust which enters the Earth'satmosphere, may developed reflectivities which are effectively zero in visible ...
... The Perseid meteors, or shooting stars, are small fragments of the periodic comet Swift-Tuttle, which enter the Earth'satmosphere at very high speeds - over 200,000 kilometres per hour - vaporising in the upper atmosphere at altitudes of about 100 km. ...
... Climatology has recently become very important because it is thought that the Earth'satmosphere is slowly heating up. ... be a consequence of the release of greenhouse gases from power stations, cars, homes and factories into the Earth'satmosphere ...