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the planet's see-through bodyguard, taking meteor punches so you can keep breathing.
means The layer of gases surrounding a planet — on Earth, the air we breathe and the shield that holds in warmth and blocks incoming debris — or, by extension, the mood or feeling of a place.
from From Greek 'atmos' (vapor, steam) joined to 'sphaira' (ball, sphere) — literally a 'ball of vapor.' The compound was coined by scholars in the 1600s as they began to grasp that Earth was wrapped in a shell of air. The figurative sense — the 'atmosphere' of a room or a party — drifted in later, as if a place could have its own invisible weather.
- thin skin
- Most air sits within 16 km of the surface.
- sunset thief
- Scatters blue light, paints the sky and oceans.
- meteor shield
- Burns up tons of space rock daily, unseen.
- pressure suit
- Pushes on you with 14.7 pounds per square inch.
- weight class
- Weighs roughly five quadrillion tons, yet feels like nothing.
earth's atmosphere — 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, extends roughly 100 km altitude
venus atmosphere — 96% carbon dioxide, 462°c surface temperature, 92 bar pressure
titan's atmosphere — saturn's moon with nitrogen-methane atmosphere, denser than earth's at surface