Earth ID: 823

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

Visualizations by James W. Williams Released on April 9, 1999

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.

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)".

For More Information

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

Visualization Credits

James W. Williams (GST): Lead Animator
Jesse Allen (Raytheon): Animator
Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC): Animator
Mark Schoeberl (NASA/GSFC): Scientist

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

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UARS

Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
DLESE >> Chemistry
SVS >> Oxygen
NASA Science >> Earth