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Ultraviolet Light

Atmospheric Transmittance

Atmospheric Transmittance

This is a plot of Earth's atmospheric opacity (opposite of transmittance) to various wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation, including visible light. Visible light passes relatively unimpeded through the atmosphere in the "optical window." Most UV wavelengths are absorbed by oxygen and ozone in Earth's atmosphere. Observations of astronomical UV sources must be done from space.

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