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Satellite image of ozone concentration near the peak of the 2020 ozone hole over Antarctica

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Ozone concentration over Antarctica the week of September 14–20, 2020. To allow comparisons from year to year, experts define the "ozone hole" as the area in which ozone levels are below 220 Dobson Units (dark blue, marked with black triangle on color bar). NOAA Climate.gov image, based on TOAST data from the NOAA Environmental Visualization Lab.