[Boot Hill]

I saw your link. It is talking NOT about the atmospheric absorption of visible, near-IR, mid-IR or far-IR that lasers operate in. It is speaking of the very long wavelength IR REradiated energy emitted from the earth's surface!

These are entirely two very different wavelength bands. The sun's energy incident upon the earth IS NOT absorbed 95%! Here is a good link to confirm what both of these bands of energy do in the atmosphere. Incendent Energy from the sun and it re-radiation

--Boot Hill

[ableChair]

Hey, whoa, whoa, that's not MY link. Wrong guy.

[ableChair]

Dude, the Earth is not flat. I don't know how else to tell you something that is so publicly well established. I've quoted the Atlas and I'm not lying. Don't know what else to say about a hard fact.

[ableChair]

BTW, this doesn't even include the percentage of incident radiation REFLECTED off the atmosphere. So, the total reflection and absorption of light must be VERY close to 100%. This makes sense considering the fact that a space suit in LEO gets INCREDIBLY hot when in the sun. I'll look that number up tomorrow, but for now, it's bedtime for bonzo.