npr: How high is the sky? Robert Krulwich takes a look at illustrations from the 1940s by Eric Sloan, who captured the stark reality of how little of our atmosphere is actually inhabited by lifeforms. Essentially, we’re like lobsters living on the floor of a sea of air. There is nothing so high as the sky.

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How high is the sky?

Robert Krulwich takes a look at illustrations from the 1940s by Eric Sloan, who captured the stark reality of how little of our atmosphere is actually inhabited by lifeforms. Essentially, we’re like lobsters living on the floor of a sea of air.

There is nothing so high as the sky.

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