Greenhouse Effect and Solar Energy: How Earth’s Atmosphere Traps Heat #3648764 (License: Personal Use)

The image visually explains the greenhouse effect: solar radiation (yellow arrow) reaches Earth, where part is absorbed and re-emitted as infrared (red arrow); greenhouse gases trap some of this heat, warming the planet. A parallel illustration shows a physical greenhouse where sunlight enters through glass, heats interior plants and soil, and infrared radiation is retained, raising internal temperature. Both systems rely on selective transmission and trapping of thermal energy.

Used in educational science content, climate change explainers, or environmental curriculum pages; targets users seeking visual understanding of atmospheric physics and global warming mechanisms.