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1/8 inch: Average thickness of the ozone layer

1,800: Number of thunderstorms happening at any given moment on Earth

33,000: Altitude, in feet, that rain clouds can reach from their base near the Earth’s surface

326 million trillion: Number of gallons of water on Earth

1972: Year the first Landsat satellites were launched to photograph Earth’s surface

Source: www.nasa.gov

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