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mesosphere

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The next layer outside the stratosphere is the mesosphere. This layer stops most meteors as they fly toward Earth. All we see is the streak of light as they burn up as shooting stars. Thousands of meteors strike our atmosphere every day, but most of them burn up before ever reaching the Earth.

mesosphere
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