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		dasil003 on Dec 24, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: An astrophysicist reviews the science of "Avatar". In the corrections at the end it was noted that it does have an oxygen atmosphere, it's just that there's some toxic gas in there as well.

nvasilak on Dec 24, 2009 [–]

Good catch, and a good move by Cameron. Otherwise those giant fireballs from the human missiles wouldn't be very plausible.

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