Earth's atmosphere from space, showing a blue layer at the stratosphere, above the clouds of the troposphere. The Moon is visible as a crescent in the background.[1]

One Layer Gets Warmer As You Climb

The stratosphere breaks the usual rule. In this layer, temperature rises with height because the ozone layer absorbs ultraviolet radiation from the Sun.

Earth's Stratosphere and the Ozone Layer

Beautiful aerial view of white clouds against a vivid blue sky, perfect for nature backgrounds.

That Heat Changes Everything

Because the stratosphere warms upward, it becomes very stable and resists the turbulence that drives weather below. That is why it is almost completely free of clouds and storms.

Earth's Stratosphere and the Ozone Layer

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