... Called a shadow cone, they are visible because the Earth'satmosphere is not completely transparent, scattering sunlight and hence appearing blue during the day. ...
... As the Sun rises in the East, wonders of the night sky become less bright than the sunlight scattered by our own Earth'satmosphere , and so fade from view. ...
... Of course, the reddened light is due to scattering in planet Earth'satmosphere and the rare transit of Venus didn't influence the strangely shaped and distorted Sun. ...
... Titan's mostly nitrogen atmosphere, denser than planet Earth's, also contains methane and is thought to be laced with more ... The composition is likened to Earth'satmosphere before life began. ...
... Earthlings have more to fear from Earth's own weather phenomena, though, because the high speed particles that result from solar tornadoes are easily stopped by the Earth's thick atmosphere . ...
... The auroral glow is created when fast-moving particles ejected from the Sun impact the Earth's magnetosphere , from which charged particles spiral along the Earth's magnetic field to strike atoms and molecules high in the Earth'satmosphere . ...