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| name = Cryo-Oxygen Atmosphere
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| image = CryoOxygen_Sky.png
| image = CryoOxygen_Sky.png
| universe = [[Continuum Universes]]
| universe = Continuum Universes
| type = Supercooled Oxidic Atmosphere
| type = Supercooled Oxidic Atmosphere
| classification = High-Oxygen Cryogenic Air System
| classification = High-Oxygen Cryogenic Air System
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== Environmental Characteristics ==
== Environmental Characteristics ==
* **Pressure:** 0.62 atm — thin but uniform.   
* '''Pressure:''' 0.62 atm — thin but uniform.   
* **Temperature:** 180–210 K — below water’s freezing point.   
* '''Temperature:''' 180–210 K — below water’s freezing point.   
* **Visuals:** Blue-white haze, shimmering with microscopic frost; daylight appears polarized and unnervingly bright.   
* '''Visuals:''' Blue-white haze, shimmering with microscopic frost; daylight appears polarized and unnervingly bright.   
* **Acoustics:** Sound propagation reduced by 40%; atmosphere described as “eerily mute.”   
* '''Acoustics:''' Sound propagation reduced by 40%; atmosphere described as “eerily mute.”   
* **Olfactory:** No scent — air too cold for volatiles to activate olfactory receptors.
* '''Olfactory:''' No scent — air too cold for volatiles to activate olfactory receptors.


== Phenomena ==
== Phenomena ==
* **Cryo-Auroras:** Pale green–white auroras triggered by molecular oxygen excitation under stellar wind impact.   
* '''Cryo-Auroras:''' Pale green–white auroras triggered by molecular oxygen excitation under stellar wind impact.   
* **Oxidic Frost:** Metallic surfaces corrode into iridescent patinas of peroxides and oxides within minutes of exposure.   
* '''Oxidic Frost:''' Metallic surfaces corrode into iridescent patinas of peroxides and oxides within minutes of exposure.   
* **Frozen Lightning:** Electrical discharge captured mid-air as solid filaments of oxygen frost, slowly sublimating over hours.
* '''Frozen Lightning:''' Electrical discharge captured mid-air as solid filaments of oxygen frost, slowly sublimating over hours.


== Biochemical Potential ==
== Biochemical Potential ==