Chemical Model Animation of O3 Absorbing Low-energy UV

  • Released Friday, April 9, 1999
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Ozone is a strong absorber of lower energy ultraviolet radiation which can kill living organisms. This radiation is absorbed by the ozone layer when it breaks the ozone bonds. An oxygen atom is released, but the atom quickly re-combines with another oxygen molecule to regenerate ozone.

O3 absorbing low energy UV radiation, breaking up, and reforming

O3 absorbing low energy UV radiation, breaking up, and reforming

O3 absorbing low energy UV radiation, breaking up, and reforming

Video slate image reads, "The Upper Atmosphere Research SatelliteChemical Model AnimationsShowing weaker UV photons break the O3 molecules, which makes them into O2 molecules".

Video slate image reads, "The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite
Chemical Model Animations
Showing weaker UV photons break the O3 molecules, which makes them into O2 molecules".

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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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