MODEL RELEASED. Laser radar. Scientist Dan Walsh at the controls of a laser radar (lidar) which measures atmospheric aerosols,ozone levels & temperatures. The lidar projects 2 vertical beams at different wavelengths. The intensity of radiation scattered back (shown on screen) is analysed to determine the stratosphere's composi- tion at altitudes of 15-75 kilometres (km). Stratospheric aerosols come from volcanic erupt- ions,& are mainly comprised of sulphur and water. Ozone gas,mainly found above 19km,blocks harmful ultraviolet rays from the Sun. Photograph- ed at Mauna Loa Observatory on Hawaii,USA | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / Fraser, Simon / Mauna Loa Observatory |
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