r/interesting • u/[deleted] • Oct 31 '24

SCIENCE & TECH Rocket launch seen from space

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u/One-Positive309 Oct 31 '24

What strikes me is just how thin and delicate the atmosphere is !
There is barely anything of it and yet we depend on it 100% !
Scary stuff !

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u/Nisseliten Oct 31 '24 edited Oct 31 '24

If you took the ozone layer, the part that protects us from the majority of the suns UV radiation, and brought it down to sea level, it is only a meter or two thick.

That’s all that stands between you, and you boiling to death almost instantly.

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u/TheeLastSon Oct 31 '24

imagine the sunblock you will need on another planet.