We're always obsessed with the best, aren't we?

We want to know what the biggest thing is or the oldest thing is, or the youngest or the youngest

or the most powerful, the most extreme, or in general, we always want to know what is the most special and when we look at the

planets of the solar system and especially the atmospheres of the planets of the solar system

earth always wins what's so special about the earth anyway it It's always about life this and life that. We're the only

planet with life and living creatures and photosynthesis and blah, blah, blah. That's all anybody

talks about life, life, life. Yes, the Earth is special and there's something very special

about its atmosphere. There's lots of oxygen. There's lots of life. And there's so much oxygen

in the Earth's atmosphere. It's the most oxygen in any atmosphere that we've ever detected,

percentage-wise. But does that really make earth the best does that really make earth the most special

does that really make the atmosphere that you're breathing now the most extreme the strangest the

weirdest the most unique in the solar system?

I don't know, man.

I don't know.

I want to take this episode.

I'm going to take a little tour of the solar system.

And I'm going to point out something special about each one of the planets in each one of

the planet's atmosphere, something unique that no other planet shares.

Why? Because it seemed like a fun thing to talk about. And if aliens were to ever visit the solar

system, roll with me here. They may be totally bored by the earth. They may look at the earth

and say, yeah, nitrogen, oxygen,

carbon dioxide, life, okay, whatever. Seen that before. Give us something new. And then they look,

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