Page 151 - Photosynthesis: The Green Miracle

Harun Yahya

the wavelengths of light necessary for life. And here another great mir-
acle is evident: Such is the structure of the atmosphere that it only per-
mits light within the range necessary for life to enter, and all other
harmful rays are reflected back. The atmospheric layer responsible for
this filtering, of such vital importance for life, is the ozone layer, com-
posed of oxygen molecules with the chemical formula O3. From among

all the other 1025 wavelengths, the ozone layer absorbs 97-99 percent of
the sun’s high frequency ultraviolet light which is potentially damag-
ing to life on Earth and admits only light in the visible that are essential
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for life—a miracle specially designed for us. If
the atmosphere did not admit light in Short wavelengths (high energy)
that range, or also admitted rays
Wavelength < nanometer
of other wavelengths, then life 400 Gamma
Violet rays
as we know it on Earth would 450 Blue
be impossible. This is just one X- rays
500 Green
of the hundreds of thousands 100 nm
UV
of conditions that must be met 550 Visible light (ultraviolet
Yellow radiation)
for life to exist. The fact that all Infrared
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these conditions are flawlessly < 1 metre
Orange
met means that it is impossible 650
Red
for life to have emerged by 700
Light is absorbed.
chance.

Radio
waves

Thousands of
meters
The atmosphere permits only those rays necessary
for life to enter, and either absorbs or reflects all
other harmful rays. The ozone layer is responsi-
ble for this selection process. Long wavelengths (low energy)

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