“However, the balloon, lightened of heavy articles, such as ammunition, arms, and provisions, had risen into the higher layers of the atmosphere, to a height of 4,500 feet. The voyagers, after having discovered that the sea extended beneath them, and thinking the dangers above less dreadful than those below, did not hesitate to throw overboard even their most useful articles, while they endeavored to lose no more of that fluid, the life of their enterprise, which sustained them above the abyss.” ThinkingLosesSeaFeetDangerArmsHigherHeavyAtmosphereHeightEnterpriseArticlesLayersAbyssProvisionFluidRisenBalloonsAmmunitionOverboard Book:The Collected Works Of Jules Verne Source: The Collected Works Of Jules Verne
“A few moments before the sun sets, the dark Earth shadow begins to rise in the east... It is nothing less than the shadow of the entire Earth, cast upward onto the atmosphere itself... I saw it over the great plains, and I felt as if I could sense the Earth pivoting silently under my feet.” IfsMomentsEarthFeltDarkSunSawsFeetShadowCastsEastAtmosphereIf I CouldSun Set Author:James Elkins
“Five states - Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Illinois and North Carolina - have been identified by the EPA as contributing significantly to Rhode Island pollution. As of 2010, 284 tall smokestacks - stacks over 500 feet - were operating in the United States: needles injecting poison into the atmosphere.” Has BeensStatesUnitedUnited StatesFiveFeetWestAtmosphereIslandsPoisonTallPollutionNeedlesVirginiaContributingOhioCarolinaPennsylvaniaNorth CarolinaIllinoisOver 50West VirginiaEpaRhode Island Author:Sheldon Whitehouse
“One disagreeable result of whispering is that it seems to evoke an atmosphere of silence, haunted by the ghosts of sound - strange cracks and tickings, the rustling of garments that have no substance in them, and the tread of dreadful feet that would leave no mark on the sea-sand or the winter snow.” SeemsSoundResultsSilenceSeaFeetStrangeMarkWinterGhostSnowSubstanceAtmosphereSandCracksGarmentsEvokeWhisperingDisagreeableSpookyWinter Snow Book:Bleak House Source: Bleak House
“At 10,000 feet, the 3 parachutes would come out, a little lower the pressure of the atmosphere outside was greater than inside, and we could smell the salt air and it was very encouraging to return to earth.” LittlesEarthGreaterAirFeetReturnPressureSmellAtmosphereSaltParachutes Author:Buzz Aldrin
“A cylinder of air reaching to the top of the atmosphere is of equal weight with a cylinder of water about 33 feet high.” WaterAirFeetEqualWeightAtmosphereReachingCylinders Book:Delphi Collected Works of Sir Isaac Newton (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Collected Works of Sir Isaac Newton (Illustrated)
“Just like you could dump oil into the Cuyahoga in the 60s and let someone else foot the bill, today you can pump CO2 into the atmosphere and let the whole world foot the bill.” WorldWholeTodayFeetLike YouBillsOilWhole WorldAtmosphereDumpPumpsCo2 Author:Ramez Naam