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58:2.1 The [[planetary]] [[atmosphere]] filters through to the [[earth]] about one two-billionths of the [[sun]]'s [[total]] [[light]] [[emanation]]. If the [[light]] falling upon [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America North America] were paid for at the rate of two cents per [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilowatt#Kilowatt kilowatt]-hour, the annual light bill would be upward of 800 quadrillion dollars. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago Chicago]'s bill for sunshine would amount to considerably over 100 million dollars a day. And it should be [[remembered]] that you [[receive]] from the [[sun]] other [[forms]] of [[energy]]—[[light]] is not the only solar [[contribution]] reaching your [[atmosphere]]. Vast solar [[energies]] pour in upon [[Urantia]] [[embracing]] [[wave]] lengths ranging both above and below the [[recognition]] range of [[human]] [[vision]].

58:2.1 The [[planetary]] [[atmosphere]] filters through to the [[earth]] about one two-billionths of the [[sun]]'s [[total]] [[light]] [[emanation]]. If the [[light]] falling upon [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America North America] were paid for at the rate of two cents per [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilowatt#Kilowatt kilowatt]-hour, the annual light bill would be upward of 800 quadrillion dollars. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago Chicago]'s bill for sunshine would amount to considerably over 100 million dollars a day. And it should be [[remembered]] that you [[receive]] from the [[sun]] other [[forms]] of [[energy]]—[[light]] is not the only solar [[contribution]] reaching your [[atmosphere]]. Vast solar [[energies]] pour in upon [[Urantia]] [[embracing]] [[wave]] lengths ranging both above and below the [[recognition]] range of [[human]] [[vision]].

58:2.2 The [[earth]]'s [[atmosphere]] is all but [[opaque]] to much of the [[solar]] [[radiation]] at the extreme [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultraviolet ultraviolet] end of the [[spectrum]]. Most of these short [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_length wave lengths] are absorbed by a layer of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozone ozone] which exists throughout a [[level]] about ten miles above the [[surface]] of the [[earth]], and which extends spaceward for another ten miles. The ozone permeating this region, at conditions prevailing on the [[earth]]'s [[surface]], would make a layer only one tenth of an inch thick; nevertheless, this [[relatively]] small and [[apparently]] insignificant amount of ozone protects [[Urantia]] [[inhabitants]] from the excess of these [[dangerous]] and destructive [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultraviolet ultraviolet] [[radiation]]s present in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunlight sunlight]. But were this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozone ozone] layer just a trifle thicker, you would be deprived of the highly important and [[health]]-giving [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultraviolet ultraviolet] rays which now reach the [[earth]]'s [[surface]], and which are [[ancestral]] to one of the most [[essential]] of your [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamins vitamins].

58:2.2 The [[earth]]'s [[atmosphere]] is all but [[opaque]] to much of the [[solar]] [[radiation]] at the extreme [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultraviolet ultraviolet] end of the [[spectrum]]. Most of these short [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_length wave lengths] are absorbed by a layer of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozone ozone] which exists throughout a [[level]] about ten miles above the [[surface]] of the [[earth]], and which extends spaceward for another ten miles. The ozone permeating this region, at conditions prevailing on the [[earth]]'s [[surface]], would make a layer only one tenth of an inch thick; nevertheless, this [[relatively]] small and [[apparently]] insignificant amount of ozone protects [[Urantia]] [[inhabitants]] from the excess of these [[dangerous]] and destructive [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultraviolet ultraviolet] [[radiation]]s present in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunlight sunlight]. But were this [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozone ozone] layer just a trifle thicker, you would be deprived of the highly important and [[health]]-giving [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultraviolet ultraviolet] rays which now reach the [[earth]]'s [[surface]], and which are [[ancestral]] to one of the most [[essential]] of your [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamins vitamins].

58:2.3 And yet some of the less [[imaginative]] of your [[mortal]]  [http://academicearth.org/lectures/mechanical-philosophy mechanists] insist on viewing [[material]] [[creation]] and [[human]] [[evolution]] as an [[accident]]. The [[Urantia]] [[midwayers]] have assembled over fifty thousand [[facts]] of [[physics]] and [[chemistry]] which they deem to be incompatible with the [[laws]] of [[accidental]] [[chance]], and which they contend unmistakably [[demonstrate]] the [[presence]] of [[intelligent]] [[purpose]] in the [[material]] [[creation]]. And all of this takes no account of their catalogue of more than one hundred thousand findings outside the [[domain]] of [[physics]] and [[chemistry]] which they [[maintain]] [[prove]] the [[presence]] of [[mind]] in the [[planning]], [[creation]], and [[maintenance]] of the [[material]] [[cosmos]].

58:2.3 And yet some of the less [[imaginative]] of your [[mortal]]  [https://academicearth.org/lectures/mechanical-philosophy mechanists] insist on viewing [[material]] [[creation]] and [[human]] [[evolution]] as an [[accident]]. The [[Urantia]] [[midwayers]] have assembled over fifty thousand [[facts]] of [[physics]] and [[chemistry]] which they deem to be incompatible with the [[laws]] of [[accidental]] [[chance]], and which they contend unmistakably [[demonstrate]] the [[presence]] of [[intelligent]] [[purpose]] in the [[material]] [[creation]]. And all of this takes no account of their catalogue of more than one hundred thousand findings outside the [[domain]] of [[physics]] and [[chemistry]] which they [[maintain]] [[prove]] the [[presence]] of [[mind]] in the [[planning]], [[creation]], and [[maintenance]] of the [[material]] [[cosmos]].

58:2.4 Your [[sun]] pours forth a veritable flood of [[death]]-dealing [[rays]], and your [[pleasant]] life on [[Urantia]] is due to the "fortuitous" [[influence]] of more than two-score [[apparently]] [[accidental]] protective operations similar to the [[action]] of this [[unique]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozone ozone layer].

58:2.4 Your [[sun]] pours forth a veritable flood of [[death]]-dealing [[rays]], and your [[pleasant]] life on [[Urantia]] is due to the "fortuitous" [[influence]] of more than two-score [[apparently]] [[accidental]] protective operations similar to the [[action]] of this [[unique]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozone ozone layer].

58:2.5 Were it not for the "blanketing" [[effect]] of the [[atmosphere]] at night, [[heat]] would be lost by [[radiation]] so rapidly that life would be impossible of [[maintenance]] except by [[artificial]] provision.

58:2.5 Were it not for the "blanketing" [[effect]] of the [[atmosphere]] at night, [[heat]] would be lost by [[radiation]] so rapidly that life would be impossible of [[maintenance]] except by [[artificial]] provision.

58:2.6 The lower five or six miles of the [[earth]]'s [[atmosphere]] is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troposphere troposphere]; this is the region of winds and [[air]] currents which provide [[weather]] [[phenomena]]. Above this region is the inner [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionosphere ionosphere] and next above is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratosphere stratosphere]. [[Ascending]] from the [[surface]] of the [[earth]], the [[temperature]] steadily falls for six or eight miles, at which height it registers around 70 degrees below zero F. This [[temperature]] range of from 65 to 70 degrees below zero F. is unchanged in the further [[ascent]] for forty miles; this realm of constant [[temperature]] is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratosphere stratosphere]. At a height of forty-five or fifty miles, the [[temperature]] begins to rise, and this increase continues until, at the [[level]] of the [[auroral]] displays, a temperature of 1200° F. is [[attained]], and it is this [[intense]] [[heat]] that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion#Ionization_potential ionizes] the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygen oxygen]. But [[temperature]] in such a rarefied [[atmosphere]] is hardly comparable with [[heat]] reckoning at the [[surface]] of the [[earth]]. Bear in mind that one half of all your [[atmosphere]] is to be found in the first three miles. The height of the [[earth]]'s [[atmosphere]] is indicated by the highest [[auroral]] streamers—about four hundred miles.

58:2.6 The lower five or six miles of the [[earth]]'s [[atmosphere]] is the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troposphere troposphere]; this is the region of winds and [[air]] currents which provide [[weather]] [[phenomena]]. Above this region is the inner [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionosphere ionosphere] and next above is the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratosphere stratosphere]. [[Ascending]] from the [[surface]] of the [[earth]], the [[temperature]] steadily falls for six or eight miles, at which height it registers around 70 degrees below zero F. This [[temperature]] range of from 65 to 70 degrees below zero F. is unchanged in the further [[ascent]] for forty miles; this realm of constant [[temperature]] is the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratosphere stratosphere]. At a height of forty-five or fifty miles, the [[temperature]] begins to rise, and this increase continues until, at the [[level]] of the [[auroral]] displays, a temperature of 1200° F. is [[attained]], and it is this [[intense]] [[heat]] that [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion#Ionization_potential ionizes] the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygen oxygen]. But [[temperature]] in such a rarefied [[atmosphere]] is hardly comparable with [[heat]] reckoning at the [[surface]] of the [[earth]]. Bear in mind that one half of all your [[atmosphere]] is to be found in the first three miles. The height of the [[earth]]'s [[atmosphere]] is indicated by the highest [[auroral]] streamers—about four hundred miles.

58:2.7 [[Auroral]] [[phenomena]] are directly [[related]] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunspots sunspots], those solar cyclones which whirl in [[opposite]] directions above and below the [[solar]] [[equator]], even as do the [[terrestrial]] tropical [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricanes hurricanes]. Such [[atmospheric]] [[disturbances]] whirl in [[opposite]] directions when occurring above or below the [[equator]].

58:2.7 [[Auroral]] [[phenomena]] are directly [[related]] to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunspots sunspots], those solar cyclones which whirl in [[opposite]] directions above and below the [[solar]] [[equator]], even as do the [[terrestrial]] tropical [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricanes hurricanes]. Such [[atmospheric]] [[disturbances]] whirl in [[opposite]] directions when occurring above or below the [[equator]].

58:2.8 The [[power]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunspots sunspots] to alter [[light]] [[frequencies]] shows that these solar storm [[centers]] [[function]] as enormous [[magnets]]. Such [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_field magnetic fields] are able to hurl charged [[particles]] from the sunspot craters out through [[space]] to the [[earth]]'s outer [[atmosphere]], where their ionizing [[influence]] produces such spectacular [[auroral]] displays. Therefore do you have the greatest [[auroral]] [[phenomena]] when [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunspots sunspots] are at their height—or soon thereafter—at which time the spots are more generally [[equatorially]] situated.

58:2.8 The [[power]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunspots sunspots] to alter [[light]] [[frequencies]] shows that these solar storm [[centers]] [[function]] as enormous [[magnets]]. Such [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_field magnetic fields] are able to hurl charged [[particles]] from the sunspot craters out through [[space]] to the [[earth]]'s outer [[atmosphere]], where their ionizing [[influence]] produces such spectacular [[auroral]] displays. Therefore do you have the greatest [[auroral]] [[phenomena]] when [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunspots sunspots] are at their height—or soon thereafter—at which time the spots are more generally [[equatorially]] situated.

58:2.9 Even the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compass compass] needle is [[responsive]] to this [[solar]] [[influence]] since it turns slightly to the east as the sun rises and slightly to the west as the sun nears setting. This happens every day, but during the height of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunspot_cyclessunspot cycles] this variation of the compass is twice as great. These diurnal wanderings of the compass are in [[response]] to the increased [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion#Ionization_potential ionization] of the upper [[atmosphere]], which is produced by the sunlight.

58:2.9 Even the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compass compass] needle is [[responsive]] to this [[solar]] [[influence]] since it turns slightly to the east as the sun rises and slightly to the west as the sun nears setting. This happens every day, but during the height of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunspot_cyclessunspot cycles] this variation of the compass is twice as great. These diurnal wanderings of the compass are in [[response]] to the increased [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion#Ionization_potential ionization] of the upper [[atmosphere]], which is produced by the sunlight.

58:2.10 It is the [[presence]] of two [[different]] [[levels]] of [[electrified]] conducting regions in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratosphere superstratosphere] that accounts for the long-distance transmission of your long- and short-wave [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_broadcasting radio broadcasts]. Your broadcasting is sometimes disturbed by the terrific [[storms]] which occasionally rage in the realms of these outer [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionosphere ionospheres].

58:2.10 It is the [[presence]] of two [[different]] [[levels]] of [[electrified]] conducting regions in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratosphere superstratosphere] that accounts for the long-distance transmission of your long- and short-wave [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_broadcasting radio broadcasts]. Your broadcasting is sometimes disturbed by the terrific [[storms]] which occasionally rage in the realms of these outer [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionosphere ionospheres].

<center>[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_58 Go to Paper 58]</center>

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