The earth is a giant rock, hurtling through inhospitable space surrounded by a very thin film of life sustaining atmosphere.
The distance of Earth from the Sun, as well as its orbital eccentricity, rate of rotation, axial tilt, geological history, sustaining atmosphere and protective magnetic field all contribute to the current climatic conditions at the surface.
Volcanoes push out water vapor and other chemicals that help make for a life-sustaining atmosphere, and icy asteroids and comets may have helped bring water to Earth's surface when it was forming.
Eventually, the sun will be too hot for the Earth to sustain an atmosphere.
Sustaining an atmosphere of luxury in a remote place requires an enormous amount of money.
The limited run show has become a primary means of sustaining an atmosphere of continuous novelty and widening the audience.
After 1989, with the end of the Iran-Iraq war and the petering out of the Cold War, sustaining this atmosphere became more difficult.
But Green's Farms has retained enough historic charm and woodlands to sustain an atmosphere of country living, albeit of the most privileged sort.
Some conductors treat the work as a protracted elegy, but Lothar Koenigs propels it forward with great urgency, all the while sustaining the atmosphere of grief and gathering dread.
