#atmosphere.gas the envelope of gases surrounding any celestial body
supertype: #gas a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely
part: #exosphere the outermost atmospheric layer
part: #mesosphere the atmospheric layer between the stratosphere and the thermosphere
part: #stratosphere the atmospheric layer between the troposphere and the mesosphere
part: #ozone_layer__ozonelayer__ozonosphere a layer in the stratosphere (at approximately 20 miles) that contains a concentration of ozone sufficient to block most ultraviolet radiation from the sun
part: #ozone_hole__ozonehole an area of the ozone layer (near the poles) that is seasonally depleted of ozone
part: #thermosphere the atmospheric layer between the mesosphere and the exosphere
part: #troposphere the lowest atmospheric layer; from 4 to 11 miles high (depending on latitude)
part: #tropopause the region of discontinuity between the troposphere and the stratosphere
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