07-10-2008, 06:10 PM
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| Other Characters Streeler
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Quidditch Field
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Originally Posted by Eclipsed  'The ionosphere is a charged layer atop our atmosphere, Professor,' Shayna said, clearly. Quote:
Originally Posted by SeerCassandraTrelawney "It is the uppermost part of the atmosphere, distinguished because it is ionized by solar radiation." She answered. Quote:
Originally Posted by Crayola Smiling at the points she got, Evangeline rose her hand again. "The ionosphere is a charged layer atop our atmosphere, so the radiowaves don't reach the Earth." Quote:
Originally Posted by FoxFire "It's a charged layer above Earth's atmosphere," Gwen replied with her hand raised. Ooh I'm on a roll. "Very good! Another point to each of you.
"It's a good thing they don't reach us on earth because the out-of-this-world radio waves are 10,000 times stronger than even the strongest military signal and they would overwhelm all radio stations on the planet.
"Theorists had long figured the radio waves, which were not well studied, oozed into space in an ever-widening cone, like light from a torch. But that's not how it happens, how does it?"
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