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to possess properties enabling them to 250 km
pass through the atmosphere and reach
the earth. Similarly, the atmosphere,
too, has to have a special structure to
allow these rays to pass through.
Otherwise, neither the existence of the F2 Layer
atmosphere nor the structural appropri-
ateness of the rays will be of any use.
Because of the ray-permeable nature of
the atmosphere, the rays coming from
the sun easily reach the earth. There is
another important point that needs
mention. Whilst letting only visible light
and the near infrared rays required for
life pass through, the atmosphere pre-
vents all other destructive rays from F1 Layer
The Thermosphere
reaching earth. The atmosphere of the
earth serves as a very important "filter"
for the destructive rays coming from the
E Layer
sun or from non-sun sources, that is, The Mesosphere
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from other zones in space. Michael
The Mesospause
Denton, a renowned astronomer, states
this as follows: D Layer
The Stratopause
Even the atmospheric gases them- The Stratosphere
selves absorb electromagnetic radia-
The Tropopause
tion very strongly in those regions of The Troposphere
the spectrum immediately on either
side of the visible and near infrared.
The layers of the atmosphere
Note that the only region of the spec-
trum allowed to pass through the atmosphere over the entire range of electro-
magnetic radiation from radio to gamma rays is the exceedingly narrow band
including the visible and near infrared. Virtually no gamma, X, ultraviolet, far-
infrared, and microwave radiation reaches the surface of the earth. 7
It is apparent that there is a highly developed design in the structure of
the atmosphere. Out of a spectrum whose width is hinted at by this figure of