Introduction The Ozone Hole. The Ozone Hoax. That is, it wants to combine with something else. When enough ozone molecules are present, it forms a pale blue gas. It is an unstable molecule that readily combines with other atoms.
Ozone has the same chemical structure whether it is found in the stratosphere or the troposphere .
Where we find ozone in the atmosphere determines whether we consider it to be Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde. It is a key ingredient of urban smog. Electromagnetic energy is sometimes described as traveling in waves and sometimes as traveling in packets of energy referred to as photons. Short wavelengths have more energy per photon than long wavelengths. Ozone is constantly being formed in the earth's atmosphere by the action of the sun's ultraviolet radiation on oxygen molecules.