Stratospheric ozone is made up of three oxygen atoms, and has no color, no taste, and not much odor. Stratospheric ozone is the same chemical as ground level ozone. One is up high, one is nearby. The atmosphere of the Earth is divided into layers. Each layer is a little different.
Stratospheric ozone is found in the stratosphere, a layer of air way up in the atmosphere.
The ozone in this layer of air protects plants, animals, and us by blocking the most harmful rays of the sun. The troposphere is the air from the ground to about 8 miles up into the atmosphere - it s the air we breathe. Ozone does not naturally occur at harmful levels in the troposphere. Our ground-level ozone problems are caused by human activities. Unfortunately, we can t simply pump our extra ozone into the stratosphere.