why is it that the sun never burns us?????

Answer 1

it is called an ozone layer that is actually depleting and haven't you ever had a sunburn?

Answer 2

OK... I'll give you a real answer. The reason that the sun has yet to end the presence of humans on earth can be attributed to two factors. One is indeed the Ozone layer but it is not the main factor. All that is does is lessen the intensity of the light being thrown at earth from the sun. It blocks most of the harmful rays that would burn you yet as it thins due to various activities (both natural and man made) more and more of these rays get through. The Ozone layer can "regenerate" but the rate at which this happens is slower in areas of high Ozone depletion causing a hole in that layer at worst and a general thinning at best. Holes in the Ozone let in more heat from the light that gets trapped in out atmosphere and causes a warming effect on the surface of the earth (part of the global warming phenom). The second and most important of our defenses from the sun is the earths magnetic field. As the sun burns it produces many harmful particles that it fires into space that bombard the earth constantly. This variety of particles is extremely dangerous and have the ability to kill in a very very short time. They are all electrical charged and as they hit the magnetic field they cause it to bow in towards the surface of the earth and they are consequently "deflected" from directly bombarding us. Some get through but not near enough to be as harmful as all that. This can be observed by the human eye in the phenomenon known as the northern and southern lights. Once in a while the sun will "belch" or have an explosion known as a mass coronal ejection in which a massive amount of these particles will travel in am observable "cloud" at high speed. If the earth is in the way of this cloud then the light show in the northern and southern hemispheres will be spectacular an the effect could be observed as far away as the equator (the hardest place to view it). The amount of matter that manages to get through the magnetic field is greater and the population of the earth get a larger dose of this particulate radiation. This said a little sun burn is the least of your worries.

I'm basing this on the fact that the questioner meant why don't we burn not as in sunburn but more at the sun bakes the earth to the point where it will no longer support human life.

Answer 3

If we stand outside in direct sunlight without any sunscreen, it WILL burn us. It's just not as fast as we may want it to be since the sun is so far away. Of course, you can speed up the process if you use a magnifying glass.

Answer 4

Melanin is the pigment in our skin which protects us from the sun. When the body is exposed to strong sunlight the skin tries to protect itself by producing more Melanin (tan). This process takes several days. If we are exposed to too much sun the Melanin production cannot react quickly enough and the result is sunburn. Sunburn should be avoided if we want to reduce our risk of getting skin cancer in later life.

Answer 5

UH...it does burn us. Ever hear of a sun burn? Sun screen was invented to prevent burning from the sun.

Answer 6

Haven't you heard of sun burns?

Answer 7

you see we are very far away from the sun and hence don't get burned another point is that we have the ozone layer that protects the earth from the u v.but see we have to take care of our environment! if not sure the ozone layer will completely deplete and i am dam sure we will get burned .

Answer 8

I think the normal distance from it , and have layer but i must say i the future when sun want use all its fuel and it be Gian it burn us because it will be hot and red ball and its decadence will be change.

Answer 9

the sun DOES burn us ALL THE TIME!!! its called sunburn.....and the reason the earth doesnt burst into flames is due to the protection of the ozone layer, hence the worry as to its depletion, if it is destroyed then we may indeed burn up & become nothin but ash

Answer 10

You must live in total shade. I have been burned by the sun on numerous occasions. It is called "sunburn".

Answer 11

the sun does we just dont think it does (what is a tan? its just like burning on a low flame the meat is not really burnned but its still cooked isnt it?)