How does the temperature vary in the atmosphere?
I usually like travelling by plane … that is when I manage not to think about all the things that could go wrong 😛 Luckily I’ve recently read a really cool book on air travel, Cockpit confidential by Patrick Smith, which has helped reduce some of my worries. Apart from the images from TV with planes that break in half and people flying around, there are also lots of questions that pop into my head while high up in the clouds. Like how does the temperature vary in the atmosphere? This question popped into my head when I was watching on the screen that map that shows the route and a tiny plane that slooowly moves closer to the destination. The screen also showed the outside temperature of -50 degrees Celsius. After landing safely, instead of properly enjoying my holiday, I looked for a bit online and found an image with the way the temperature of the atmosphere varies depending on height. It looked something like this:
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