Antarctic ozone hole maximum. Satellite image of the maximum extent in 2017 of the ozone hole (blue) over Antarctica (centre). Ozone layer thicknesses
Antarctic ozone hole maximum. Satellite image of the maximum extent in 2017 of the ozone hole (blue) over Antarctica (centre). Ozone layer thicknesses are colour coded from purple (lowest) through blue, cyan and green to yellow (highest). The ozone hole reached its annual maximum on 11 September 2017, covering an area of many million square kilometres. The 2017 peak was one of the lowest since records began, mainly due to weather conditions that year. The amount of ozone depleting substances have decreased from peak levels in 2000. NASA has been monitoring the status of the ozone layer through satellite observations since the 1970s. Image data obtained by the Ozone Monitoring Instrument on NASA's Aura satellite.
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