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Long Cold Spell Leads to Arctic Ozone Hole

An unusually long period of cold temperatures and strong winds allowed an Arctic ozone hole to form in March 2011.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Long Cold Spell Leads to Arctic Ozone Hole.

NASA image by Eric Nash and Robert Simmon with data from the Aura Microwave Limb Sounder team. Caption by Holli Riebeek.

Published October 6, 2011
Data acquired March 18, 2011