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There is a hole in the ozone layer over the Antarctic continent, that opens when the sun comes up. Ozone protects other parts of the earth from these rays.

The ultraviolet light can burn human skin permanently, and has also been connected to some physical abnormalities in animals on other continents in the Southern Hemisphere.

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