Illustration of a Young Earth's Atmosphere (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Illustration of a Young Earth's Atmosphere

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The young Earth's atmosphere might have looked like this artist's interpretation -- a pale orange dot.

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NASA/GSFC/F. Reddy

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