Why can't you see the sky from outer space? Where does it go?

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Anonymous Mon Jan 15 11:32:55 2018 No.9439647 [Reply] [Original]

Why can't you see the sky from outer space? Where does it go?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 15 11:37:28 2018 No.9439655 >>9439647 They don’t worry about photoshopping the rest of the pictures since globe sales are at an all time high

Anonymous Mon Jan 15 11:48:27 2018 No.9439674
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>>9439647
Your image shows the Earth about 2000 pixels wide. The Earth is 8000 miles in diameter so each pixel is 4 miles. Mt Everest is 5.5 miles high and the air is pretty thin by the time you get to the top.
So the atmosphere is between 1 and 2 pixels thick.

It shows better when you're on the nightside of the planet. The fuzzy blue outline on the sunlit edge.

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