“F2 layer”

(above the “F1 region”, ‘atomic oxygen’ becomes the dominant constituent because lighter particles tend to occupy higher altitudes above the ‘turbopause’ (at ~100 km))

(this ‘atomic oxygen’ provides the ‘O+ atomic ions’ that make up the “F2 layer”)

(the outer boundary of the “F2 layer” is the “ionopause”)

(nearer to the surface, “solar-wind dynamic pressure” reaches a balance with the pressure from the “ionosphere”, in a region called the “ionopause”)

(this interaction typically prevents “solar-wind stripping” from being the dominant loss process of the ‘atmosphere’)

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*👨‍🔬🕵️‍♀️🙇‍♀️*SKETCHES*🙇‍♂️👩‍🔬🕵️‍♂️*

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👈👈👈 ☜ *“F1 LAYER”*

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👈👈👈☜*THE ‘F’ LAYER* ☞ 👉👉👉
*EARTH’S IONO-SPHERE*

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*🌈✨ *TABLE OF CONTENTS* ✨🌷*

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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥