The atmosphere is analogous to a flexible lens that is shaped by the
density distribution of the gas molecules, of the atmosphere in the space between the sphere holding them, and space; Incoming heat gets collected in many ways and places,, primarily by intermittent solar radiation gets stored, in vast quantities, and slowly but also a barrage of mass and energy
fluxes from all directions; that are slowly transported
great distances and to higher altitudes mostly by oceanic and atmospheric mass flows.