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Things You Thought You Knew – Where the Earth Ends
StarTalk Radio
How High Does the Atmosphere Go?
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As you ascend a mountain, the air pressure drops. It's harder for you to breathe. You can still breathe, but just every lungs worth of air has less oxygen in it. That's your evidence that the air pressure is getting lower and lower. And lower. This just continues. Sai te never smoked. Man, god, this is killing me. The atmosphere gets continually thinner. So we can ask you, measure that and how bad it smells. Not all gas came out of yournd ok, just say so.
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