Japanese scientists have created the first-ever long-term dataset about Earth's entire atmosphere, stretching all the way to space.

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The sodium and iron atoms in the mesosphere are highly reflective. Enormous telescopes fire lasers at this part of the Earth's atmosphere to align their optics and correct for any turbulence.

These rare clouds form roughly 50 miles (80 kilometers) above Earth in the mesosphere, a cold layer of the atmosphere located about 43 miles (70 km) above where ordinary clouds form.

Brief electrical flashes called red sprites appeared near Fuego Volcano in Colima at 3:44 a.m., offering rare insight into high‑altitude storms and atmospheric electricity.

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Other related phenomena include elves, blue jets and ghosts, all of which are known TLEs, and occur well above Earth ’s surface in the stratosphere, mesosphere and even the thermosphere.

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The first bits of data have come back from NASA's EZIE cubesat mission, which aims to solve some mysteries surrounding the "auroral electrojet" phenomena in Earth's atmosphere.

They are higher up than any other clouds, occupying the layer of atmosphere known as the Mesosphere, near the edge of space, and are only seen at latitudes between 45°N and 80°N.