Show Ozone Blanket Protects Life Form of Oxygen Absorbs Violet Ultra-Violet Sunlight Washington DC D.C. New D.C.-New New equipment for measuring the thickness of ot the earths earth's ozone blanket upon which probably depends all aU life on this planet planet is being tested by Their equipment measures the tho amount of a single lingle narrow wave band of Infrared light that gets through to the earths earth's surface Despite the extreme importance of the ozone blanket all means of measuring its U. thickness in n the past have bad had serious drawbacks drawback The new equipment if it performs as aswell aswell well as hoped should hould make possible accurate ozone measures from day to day and possibly also indicate the tha height of the blanket in fn the at at- Ozone is a molecular form torm of ot oxy oxy- gen It is created in fn the upper at 15 miles mUes or more above the earths earth's surface by the tho action of ultraviolet light from the sun lun on the tho molecules of ordinary atmos oxygen An extremely thin layer Is formed-about formed two to three millimeters at surface pressure |