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They are like this due to the fact that most hydrogen atoms are ionized which makes a weaker balmer line. The strength of the Balmer line is sensitive to temperature so that's why it occurs more in the middle. The hot end of the hydrogen is low Balmer line due to them being in the ground state.

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