Atmospheric Clean-up Machines
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Atmospheric clean-up machines retrieve these chemicals. Stratospheric ozone is a natural gas that stops most of the sun's ultraviolet radiation from reaching the surface of the earth. A diminished ozone layer allows more radiation to reach the earth's surface, where it has many harmful effects. See Student Guide.
This is made possible because chemicals collect to form their own clouds in space similar to water vapor near Earth’s surface. (See Aurora Borealis, below.) To control UV rays striking earth’s surface, Atmospheric clean-up machines produce ozone and enough to fill both holes at the poles, Cooling Earth by reflecting some of the suns energy back into space. Atmospheric clean-up machines are designed as a low altitude satellite orbiter with ability to do heavy transporting, the ship will soar or sail driven by the jet stream at speeds up to 300 miles per hour. When moving from pole to pole or in times of low jet stream speed, the ship will be towed by a conventional jet.
Combining characteristics of heavier-than-air (an airplane), lighter than air technology, and a glider (an unpowered aircraft), the ship is a new type in which the envelope retains its shape by the use of external and internal structural framework rather than by being forced into shape by the pressure of the lifting gas, like a blimps.
See another view of the atmospheric clean-up machine.
R-12 amasses near the equator but can be collected in the jet stream.
Aurora Borealis:
Can chemicals in space be seen?
The Aurora Borealis appears in different colors and shapes - rays, glows, curtains and pulsating patches that cover the night sky. The best viewing usually occurs on a clear, dark night and may follow temperature fluctuations.
The northern lights are a spectacular natural phenomenon. Many are the result of solar winds. More likely these events are the result of charged particles ejected by the sun contacting particles in earth's atmosphere. Yet others defy the evidence that they are caused by solar winds. The earth is constantly immersed in the solar wind, hot plasma gas emitted by the sun. The solar wind usually reaches Earth with high velocity. The solar corona, the sun's outermost layer, can reach heat of a million-degrees, but when the sun spots, a rare flow of free electrons and positive ions are propelled away from the sun. While it is impossible to accurately predict their appearance, the best chance to see them is in the spring and fall.
