If nuclear reactions in the core produce harmful gamma rays, why are Earthlings not destroyed?

A: Our super skin protects us.
B: We are continually destroyed and then regenerated without knowing it.
C: The reactions really produce yellow light, not gamma rays.
D: The gamma rays are converted to visible light by the time they reach the photosphere.
E: None of the above.


Ans: D: The gamma rays are converted to visible light by the time they reach the photosphere.

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