A Beautiful Planet calls Earth's atmosphere "a delicate cocoon of air that shields us from our star's radiation." Of course, the atmosphere doesn't completely block electromagnetic radiation from the Sun; without some sunlight reaching the surface, plants could not harvest the Sun's energy, and practically no life as we know it could exist. The atmosphere's ozone layer does filter out much of the harmful ultraviolet light (or "UV rays") produced by the Sun. UV rays can cause skin cancer, and catastrophic damage to the ozone layer may have contributed to Earth's most extensive mass extinction of species ever, the End-Permian extinction (also known
The Sun Comes Out Tonight best it has in years, and the clean production style helps elevate the songs". Many critics praised the addition of Radtke's guitar-work and song writing contributions. The album debuted at no. 52 on the US "Billboard" 200 chart, selling 8,522 in its first week, higher than the band's prior album, "The Trouble With Angels", which debuted at no. 64 with only 6,300 copies sold. The album has sold 25,000 copies in the US as of March 2016. Band Other Album Singles The Sun Comes Out Tonight The Sun Comes Out Tonight is the sixth studio album by American industrial rock