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OCR: ATMOSPHERE Exosphere Composition 230 km The Martian atmosphere, like the Earth c 19 composed of gases released from the interior through volcanic activity. Mars atmosphere is 95% carbon dioxide 2% nitrogen and 6% argon. addition, traces of water vapor, carbon monoxide oxygen ozone krypton, neon, and xenon are present. Unlike Earth, the Mars has no ozone layer, which means the planet 's surface Thermosphere is fully exposed to ultraviolet radiation 130 km The atmosphere of Mars is tenuous the surface pressure is less than 1% of the Earth Because the 40 km Stratosphere makes wavelength atmosphere the is Earth light so from thin, sky the blue). Sun cannot A (the scatter result phenomenon the shorter Martian that Troposphere sky is pink 0 km of the tilt of its axis Mars also exhibits seasonal ...