Mesosphere

Space Shuttle Endeavour appears tae straidle the stratosphere an mesosphere in this photo. The troposphere, which conteens cloods, appears orange in this photo.

The mesosphere (frae Greek mesos "middle" an sphaira "sphere") is the layer o the Yird's atmosphere that is directly abuin the stratosphere an directly ablo the mesopause. In the mesosphere, temperatur decreases as the altitude increases.