The document discusses the roles of pigments like chlorophylls and carotenoids in photosynthesis, specifically how they harvest light energy which is transferred to reaction centers in photosystems. It provides details on how light is absorbed by individual chlorophylls in light-harvesting complexes and transferred via resonance energy transfer to reaction centers where electron transfer initiates. Diagrams and information are given on the structures of photosystem II and its prosthetic groups that are involved in the light reactions of photosynthesis.