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WHERE DID THE OZONE LAYER COME FROM?

etween 10 and 25 miles above our heads in the stratosphere, there is a layer of oxygen dedicated to blocking dangerous forms of solar radiation, called the ozone layer. Along with visible light, the Sun also emits rays of radiation in the form of ultraviolet (UV) light. Within UV are three different wavelengths of light, commonly referred to as UVA, UVB and UVC, each of which has different levels of energy. UVA is the least energetic light,

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