How the Greenhouse Effect Works - Visual Explanation #3043096 (License: Personal Use)

This illustration depicts the greenhouse effect: incoming solar radiation (yellow arrows) passes through the atmosphere, warms Earth’s surface, and is re-emitted as infrared radiation. Some of this outgoing heat is absorbed by greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, trapping warmth and maintaining habitable temperatures. The orange layer represents the atmospheric envelope where this heat retention occurs.

Used in educational content about climate science, environmental studies, or introductory physics; supports user intent to understand basic mechanisms of global warming and atmospheric physics.