Ozone Layer Shielding Our Planet

  • Released Friday, April 9, 1999
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An animation showing the ozone layer shielding our planet from the sun's intense ultraviolet radiation. Ozone absorbs nearly all of the biologically damaging UV radiation from the sun.

The ozone layer shielding our planet from ultraviolet radiation.

Video slate image reads, "The Upper Atmosphere Research SatelliteAnimationsAn animation showing the ozone layer shielding our planet from the sun's intense ultraviolet radiation. Ozone absorbs nearly all of the biologically damaging UV radiation from the sun."

Video slate image reads, "The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite
Animations
An animation showing the ozone layer shielding our planet from the sun's intense ultraviolet radiation. Ozone absorbs nearly all of the biologically damaging UV radiation from the sun."

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

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

This page was originally published on Friday, April 9, 1999.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:59 PM EDT.

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