Summary: It's hard to believe that only a flimsy envelope of gas protects life on our planet. But, as this program shows, Earth isn't the only world wrapped in a tenuous, constantly shifting blanket and at one time, there may have been even more. A visit to Africa's Namib Desert helps illustrate what happened to poor Mercury when, early on, it was stripped of its atmosphere and fully exposed to the...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011

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