Page 53 - Darwin's Dilemma: The Soul

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

other, we would find ourselves far beyond the Milky Way and
we would need to travel half the length of the observable uni-
verse.
Though the different wavelengths in the universe have been
distributed in such a broad spectrum, it is interesting that our Sun’s
light should have been confined to a very narrow range within that
spectrum. Seventy percent of the different wavelengths emitted by
the Sun fall within a very narrow range between 0.3 and 1.5 mi-
crons (1 micron is one thousandth of a millimeter.)
In that range, there are three kinds of light: visible light, near
infrared rays and ultraviolet rays.
But these three types of light represent just one unit in the
electromagnetic spectrum! In other terms, all the Sun’s light, when
25
put together, represents just one out of the 10 playing cards. That
the Sun’s rays are restricted to such a narrow range is important,
since only these rays can support life on Earth.

The visible light, the near infrared
and ultraviolet rays that reach us
from the Sun occupy the space of a
single unit on the electromagnetic
spectrum. In other words, the light
reaching us from the Sun is the
equivalent of just one out of 10 25
playing cards laid one atop the
other. It is only these rays that sup-
port life on Earth.

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