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    • Layers of the ionosphere diagram.
    Rights: The University of Waikato Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato Published 29 April 2014 Size: 140 KB Referencing Hub media

    The layers of the ionosphere change from daytime to night-time. This alters the way in which radio waves reflect off the ionosphere and back to Earth.

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