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In August a father and son team from NY launched a balloon with an i-phone and a camera into Earth's Atmosphere. It reached 40 Km (19 mi) above the Earth's surface. It had to survive 100 mi/hr winds, -51ºC temperatures, and speeds of up to 150 mi/hr.
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1. What layer of the atmoshpere did the balloon reach?
Was it higher than the Troposphere and way below the Thermosphere?
