Explore "Near Space"

This animated video was created by Brad Hoehne to show, the height of various clouds, the air itself, manmade objects, aurorae, meteors, the "official" boundary of space, and the nearest approach of a potentially killer asteroid . He used it to illustrate his talk to the Columbus Astronomical Society on the night of January 9, 2024.
The height of each object is to scale. A tick mark along the left edge is place every 10 km (6.1 miles). The size of each object (except for the clouds and Mount Everest, which are roughly the correct size) is not to scale.
Music by Joe Renzetti.