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On 9/29/2023 10:30 AM, Anthony William Sloman wrote:
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> The Sun is a black body radiator at about 5800K so it contains
a lot of IR - about half the energy comes out at wavelengths longer
than we can see.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunlight
>
>> It`s the excitation of atoms by visible sunlight that produces the heat.
>
> Actually the excitation of molecular vibrations.
> The only atoms in the earth`s atmosphere are the inert gases,
mostly argon at 0.93% and none of them absorb in the visible.
>
What do you actually mean? The statement is wrong. You have something
in mind different that what you said. Some kind of ellipsis at work here.
Ed
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