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- Sun - National Geographic SocietyThe most high-frequency waves emitted by the sun are gamma rays, x-rays, and ultraviolet radiation (UV rays). The most harmful UV rays are almost completely absorbed by Earth’s atmosphere. Less potent UV rays travel through the atmosphere, and can cause sunburn. The sun also emits infrared radiation —whose waves are a much lower-frequency ...
- Solar Radiation Basics | Department of EnergySolar radiation, often called the solar resource or just sunlight, is a general term for the electromagnetic radiation emitted by the sun. Solar radiation can be captured and turned into useful forms of energy, such as heat and electricity, using a variety of technologies.
- Solar radiation and Earth's seasons (article) | Khan AcademyKey points. Nearly all of Earth’s energy comes from incoming solar radiation, or insolation. The insolation reaching any one spot on Earth's surface varies according to latitude and season. Earth is a sphere. This means that the sun’s rays hit the different latitudes of Earth at different angles.
- Sunlight - WikipediaSunlight is a portion of the electromagnetic radiation given off by the Sun, in particular infrared, visible, and ultraviolet light. On Earth, sunlight is scattered and filtered through Earth's atmosphere as daylight when the Sun is above the horizon.
- Sunbeam - WikipediaA sunbeam, in meteorological optics, is a beam of sunlight that appears to radiate from the position of the Sun. Shining through openings in clouds or between other objects such as mountains and buildings, these beams of particle-scattered sunlight are essentially parallel shafts separated by darker shadowed volumes.
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