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Nitrogen and Oxygen stop UV-C and more energetic radiation. When they do this, they are broken down into constituent atoms.

N2 + energetic light -> 2N

O2 + energetic light -> 2O

Some of the oxygen forms ozone (eventually). Ozone is broken apart by absorbing UV-B and more energetic radiation.

O3 + energetic light -> O2 + O

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