Chemical Model Animation of O2 being Broken Up and Reforming as O3

  • Released Friday, April 9, 1999
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Ozone is formed when high energy ultra-violet radiation from the sun breaks apart molecular oxygen. An oxygen atom then combines with an oxygen molecule producing a new molecule with three atoms of oxygen, ozone.

O2 being broken up by high-energy UV photons and reforming as O3

Ozone Formation

Ozone Formation

Video slate image reads, "The Upper Atmosphere Research SatelliteChemical Model AnimationsShowing the molecule O2 being broken (released) by high intensity UV photons and joining another O2 molecule forming the molecule O3 (Ozone)".

Video slate image reads, "The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite
Chemical Model Animations
Showing the molecule O2 being broken (released) by high intensity UV photons and joining another O2 molecule forming the molecule O3 (Ozone)".

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See http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/stories/UARS/ozone_models.html

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

This page was originally published on Friday, April 9, 1999.
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