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Greenhouse gases trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere, causing an increase in temperature. This leads to a decrease in the reflection of solar radiation, as more heat is absorbed by the gases instead of being reflected back into space.
About 30% of the sun's radiation is reflected back into space by the Earth's surface, clouds, and atmosphere. This reflection is known as albedo and helps regulate the Earth's temperature.
Different parts of the atmosphere interact through processes like convection, radiation, and conduction. The lower atmosphere (troposphere) interacts with the Earth's surface, impacting weather patterns. The upper atmosphere interacts with space, affecting phenomena like auroras and the radiation balance of the planet.
The last layer of the atmosphere before entering space is called the exosphere. It is the outermost layer where the atmosphere gradually transitions into the vacuum of space.
The Earth appears blue from outer space because of the reflection and scattering of sunlight off the oceans and atmosphere. The oceans absorb longer wavelengths of light while reflecting shorter blue wavelengths, and the atmosphere scatters blue light from the sun, resulting in the overall blue appearance.
Greenhouse gases trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere, causing an increase in temperature. This leads to a decrease in the reflection of solar radiation, as more heat is absorbed by the gases instead of being reflected back into space.
The term "space weather" refers to conditions on the surface of the Sun that ultimately affect Earth and its atmosphere.
Astronomers can overcome the distortion of starlight caused by Earth's atmosphere by using adaptive optics, which involves real-time adjustments of telescope mirrors to compensate for atmospheric turbulence. Another method is placing telescopes in space, such as the Hubble Space Telescope, which eliminates atmospheric interference altogether, allowing for clearer and more detailed observations of celestial objects.
No, your mirror reflection does not occupy physical space. It is simply a reflection of light bouncing off the mirror's surface.
Electromagnetic energy PS: What does this have to do with religion and spirituality?
The atmosphere affect visibility in many ways. The atmosphere can at places and occasions be rich in water, dust, minerals and various gases that are in a higher concentration than normal. This in combination with pressure shifts affect clarity, color and visibility. Pressure shifts can slightly enlarge, minimize or otherwise distort the view. Not always visible by the human eye, but in high resolution imagery of the sky, this is a factor that is payed great attention to. Mostly why high tech observatories are placed on high mountain grounds where there is less atmosphere. When studying galaxies far away, this visual distortion by the atmosphere calls for equipment placed in outer space instead. Water and various gases in the atmosphere causes the light to split up and it changes colour as well as it distorts. Dust... Well.. It is not easy to see clearly very far in a sandstorm is it.
Starlight travels through space in a straight line until it encounters an object, such as a planet or gas cloud, that can deflect or absorb it. The path of starlight can be influenced by the gravitational pull of massive objects, causing it to bend slightly.
You are referring to the greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, and methane, largely) in the atmosphere.
You are referring to the greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, and methane, largely) in the atmosphere.
No, you cannot see a rainbow in outer space because rainbows are formed by the refraction and reflection of light within water droplets in Earth's atmosphere. Outer space lacks the necessary conditions for rainbows to form.
The atmosphere affect visibility in many ways. The atmosphere can at places and occasions be rich in water, dust, minerals and various gases that are in a higher concentration than normal. This in combination with pressure shifts affect clarity, color and visibility. Pressure shifts can slightly enlarge, minimize or otherwise distort the view. Not always visible by the human eye, but in high resolution imagery of the sky, this is a factor that is payed great attention to. Mostly why high tech observatories are placed on high mountain grounds where there is less atmosphere. When studying galaxies far away, this visual distortion by the atmosphere calls for equipment placed in outer space instead. Water and various gases in the atmosphere causes the light to split up and it changes colour as well as it distorts. Dust... Well.. It is not easy to see clearly very far in a sandstorm is it.
The atmosphere affect visibility in many ways. The atmosphere can at places and occasions be rich in water, dust, minerals and various gases that are in a higher concentration than normal. This in combination with pressure shifts affect clarity, color and visibility. Pressure shifts can slightly enlarge, minimize or otherwise distort the view. Not always visible by the human eye, but in high resolution imagery of the sky, this is a factor that is payed great attention to. Mostly why high tech observatories are placed on high mountain grounds where there is less atmosphere. When studying galaxies far away, this visual distortion by the atmosphere calls for equipment placed in outer space instead. Water and various gases in the atmosphere causes the light to split up and it changes colour as well as it distorts. Dust... Well.. It is not easy to see clearly very far in a sandstorm is it.