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Infrared Waves
Atmospheric Transmittance
This is a plot of Earth's atmospheric transmittance (or opacity) to various wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation. 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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"Electromagnetic spectrum."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_spectrum%23Microwaves
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