Stratosphere around at midlatitudes, and at about at the poles. Temperatures range from an average of near the tropopause to an average of near the mesosphere. Stratospheric temperatures also vary within the stratosphere as the seasons change, reaching particularly low temperatures in the polar night (winter). Winds in the stratosphere can far exceed those in the troposphere, reaching near in the Southern polar vortex. The mechanism describing the formation of the ozone layer was described by British mathematician Sydney Chapman in 1930. Molecular oxygen absorbs high energy sunlight in the UV-C region, at wavelengths shorter than about 240 nm. Radicals produced
Burning Like the Midnight Sun the Midnight Sun" has received some of the most positive reviews of any album in the band's career. Jeff Eibel, writing for the Spin Control column in the "Chicago Sun-Times", called The Choir's latest release "a late-career triumph," and remarked that "Midnight Sun" was the band's "second exceptional album in a row, and its best since 1990's landmark "Circle Slide"." "Christianity Today"′s Andrew Greer highlighted the band's ability to create "smooth musical clarity to contrast the murky exploration of everyday faith," while "The Phantom Tollbooth"′s Derek Walker called "Midnight Sun" a "sonic delight" and The Choir's "most cohesive, melodic and