Meteor is the term used to describe the streak of light (also called a shooting star) that passes through the atmosphere. The light is caused when a meteroid hits the atmosphere and burns up.
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250 miles before it crosses the atmosphere
The light passes through our atmosphere; this atmosphere changes all the time. Small changes in density will change the index of refraction, and change the direction of the light; that's what we see as twinkling.
Meteorite
almost none the vast majority of visible light passes through the atmosphere.
almost none the vast majority of visible light passes through the atmosphere.
Meteor is the term used to describe the streak of light (also called a shooting star) that passes through the atmosphere. The light is caused when a meteroid hits the atmosphere and burns up.
Meteor.
meteor ^v^
meteor ^v^
That is because the visibile light is what passes easily through our atmosphere. It would not benefit us much if we could see certain other frequencies, that hardly pass through the atmosphere.That is because the visibile light is what passes easily through our atmosphere. It would not benefit us much if we could see certain other frequencies, that hardly pass through the atmosphere.That is because the visibile light is what passes easily through our atmosphere. It would not benefit us much if we could see certain other frequencies, that hardly pass through the atmosphere.That is because the visibile light is what passes easily through our atmosphere. It would not benefit us much if we could see certain other frequencies, that hardly pass through the atmosphere.
The atmosphere is transparent to the visible light of the Sun. So it passes right through, only to get absorbed by the surface of the Earth.
Depending on what you are thinking of, it could be either Lightning, or a meteor seen at night.
As the light from the star travels through the turbulent atmosphere of the Earth it is refracted in a random sort of a way. This results in the observed twinkling.
Light is scattered as it passes through a prism.
That's the glow created by the air friction burning up the meteorite.