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Where do infared rays come from?

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Anonymous

15y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

They come from the sun. Some of the infrared rays are captured by greenhouse gases (water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane), which keeps our planet at a livable temperature. Of course, some of the rays are reflected back into space so we don't cook.

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