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It's Official: Oxygen Has Been Directly Detected in Venus' Dayside Atmosphere
(www.sciencealert.com)
this post was submitted on 08 Nov 2023
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TLDR sunlight hits the carbon-dioxide in the atmosphere and splits it into carbon-monoxide and oxygen then on the night side it recombines.
Just imagine an atmosphere so energized that it strips oxygen out of CO2. Not the coziest place to live..
So you either asphyxiate or get poisoned with carbon monoxide?
you are a god send