Ep. 151: Atmospheres

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The Earth's atmosphere

The Earth's atmosphere

Take a quick breath. There, that’s what we’re going to talk about today – the atmosphere. And not just the Earth’s familiar atmosphere, but the strange, exotic and deadly atmospheres we find in the Solar System and surrounding extrasolar planets.

Ep. 151: Atmospheres

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Earth’s Atmosphere:

Atmosphere overview: UTK
Troposphere –Windows to the Universe
Tropopause — Wiki
Stratosphere — WTTU
Thermosphere — WTTU
Geosynchronous Orbit — Goddard Space Flight Center
Info on auroras — Exploratorium
History of Earth’s Atmosphere — WiseGeek

Info on atmosphere and gravity — Nick Strobel
Atmosphere of Mercury — Universe Today

How Magnetic Tornadoes Might Replenish Mercury’s Atmosphere

Atmosphere of Venus

Atmosphere of Mars

Large Quantities of Methane Being Replenished on Mars

Atmosphere of Jupiter

Lightning Strikes, Changing Climate Revealed on Jupiter — Nat Geo
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot — UT
Gigantic Storms on Jupiter Grow in a Single Day

Atmosphere of Saturn

Saturn Hexagon
Titan’s atmosphere — WTTU

Atmosphere of Uranus
Atmosphere of Neptune
Atmosphere of Pluto
Extrasolar planets with atmospheres: