Reply #12: Yes But No

[ProfessorGAC]

There are plenty of different wavelengths that are emmitted from a giant plasma-based fusion reactor like a star. Yes, there are some XRays, there are even small amounts of gamma.

But no, there are NO WAVELENGTHS that can cause the ionosphere to bend light differently. In fact, the atmostphere doesn't "bend" light at all. It can change its angle, once, which of course we call refraction. Good thing that works, or my eyeglasses would be useless!

What is possible, although unlikely due to the low energy levels, is that we could see induced emissions of light from the upper atmosphere due to the absorption of the higher energy states by molecules up there. When the electrons that are dislodged from the standard orbitals by those Xrays drop back to their normal state, light is emitted. This can cause the effect of seeing more than a single image, but usually in a different color than the background light. (The sun, in this case.)

The bending of light is a gravitational phenomenon. Refraction is technically a slowing down of different pieces of the light. Different parts slow down by differing amounts and the angle of the light changes. But, that isn't technically bending. That's splitting semantic hairs, i admit.

So, yes there are Xrays in sunlight. Yes, they're absorbed in the upper atmosphere. Yes, they're refracted and can also cause fluorescence effects. But, it's not techncially "bending".
GAC