بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the name of God the Merciful

["Layers of the Earth's atmosphere:
=The troposphere [: the air] is the first layer above the surface and contains half of the Earth's atmosphere. Weather occurs in this layer.
=Many jet aircraft fly in the stratosphere because it is very stable. The stratosphere contains the ozone layer.
=Meteors burn up in the mesosphere.
=Aurorae occur in the lower thermosphere. The thermosphere is also where the space shuttle orbits."

The images above, of the atmosphere layers, is according to the temperature patterns.]
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Know then that the Earth was a sun, at the beginning, and it was a flaming object, from which the gases emerged to fill its atmosphere. Then, when its life ended, its surface became cold, so it was converted into an earth. Afterwards, it exploded, and became nine pieces, that started to revolve around a new sun.
We don’t want to speak here about the Earth, but about the Firmament (or the gaseous heavens), and we shall explain afterwards about the formation of the Earth, in details.
Now, as you know the Earth was a flaming object, so you can realize that the flame and smoke (i.e. gases) emerge from every flaming object. However, the gases are still emerging from the Earth; most of such gases emerge from volcanoes, petroleum wells, and mineral water springs.

The original Subject be found in this link:
http://quran-ayat.com/universe/index...aseous_Heavens