The Fate of Solar Radiation

The Fate of Solar Radiation
Only 47 percent of solar radiation reaches the ground. The remaining 53 percent
is absorbed or reflected in various ways on its way down.

Image by: Roy Flookes,
Dorling Kindersley
  

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