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Explain it to me like I am 5. Everybody should know what this is about.

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Would the atmosphere cease to exist?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

Yes, this happens on Earth very frequently, when gaseous H2O precipitates out as what we call ‘rain’.

Sometimes, the temperature is so low that the gas actually falls in solid form.