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Naked Science: Our Atmosphere

We couldn't survive without it - and in this episode, Naked Science reveals the scientific marvel of the Earth's unique and complex atmosphere. A precariously thin but vital blanket of air, see how a chance interplanetary collision and a remarkable plant mutation created the only planet in the solar system with an atmosphere rich in oxygen - the potent gas that powers our planet. This episode explores how the atmosphere carries rivers of life-giving water and acts like an invisible wall against deadly space matter. Then, meet the only man to have ever braved its hostile upper reaches... and survived!

[narrator]: in the empty Blackness of space, surrounded By hostile planets and freezing Vacuum.
Planet earth is an oasis Of life.
All because of our Protective cocoon of gas.
This Blanket of air shapes everything We see on earth.
It protects, Insulates and sustains us, it Carries the water around the Globe, and shields us from Cosmic impacts and killer Radiation.
It 's time to Uncover the invisible wonder Uncover the invisible wonder that is our atmosphere.
Down here on the earth, we Rarely give much thought to our Atmosphere.
Because we can't See, smell, taste or hear it, we Take it for granted.
But our air Is all that stands between us And the vacuum of space.
we've got this canopy that Provides us a lot more than just An atmosphere to breathe in.
It definitely shields us.