Page 873 - Atlas of Creation Volume 1

Harun Yahya

Photosynthesis

Plants unquestionably play a
major role in making the universe a habitable
place. They clean the air for us, keep the tem-

perature of the planet at a constant level, and balance the
proportions of gases in the atmosphere. The oxygen in the
air we breathe is produced by plants. An important part of our food is also provided by plants.
The nutritional value of plants comes from the special design in their cells to which they also owe

their other features.
The plant cell, unlike human and animal cells, can make direct use of solar energy. It converts the solar
energy into chemical energy and stores it in nutrients in very special ways. This process is called "photosyn-
thesis". In fact, this process is carried out not by the cell but by chloroplasts, organelles that give plants their

green colour. These tiny green organelles only observable by microscope are the only laboratories on earth
that are capable of storing solar energy in organic matter.
The amount of matter produced by plants on the earth is around 200 billion tons a year. This production
is vital to all living things on the earth. The production made by plants is realised through a very compli-

cated chemical process. Thousands of "chlorophyll" pigments found in the chloroplast react to light in an in-
credibly short time, something like one thousandth of a second. This is why many activities taking place in
the chlorophyll have still not been observed.
Converting solar energy into electrical or chemical energy is a very recent technological breakthrough.

In order to do this, high-tech instruments are used. Aplant cell so small as to be invisible to the naked human
eye has been performing this task for millions of years.
This perfect system displays Creation once more for all to see. The very complex system of photosynthe-
sis is a consciously-designed mechanism that God creates. A matchless factory is squeezed in a minuscule

unit area in the leaves. This flawless design is only one of the signs revealing that God, the Sustainer of all
worlds, creates all living things.

food
energy
oxygen

carbon dioxide

In the microscopic factories of plants, a miraculous transformation takes place.
With the energy from the Sun, they perform photosynthesis, which in turn supplies the en-
ergy needs of animals and eventually, human beings.

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