ERS-2 GOME maps ozone hole

A level 3 total ozone column map generated by Deutsche Luft und Raumfahrt (DLR) at Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany from observations by the Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment (GOME) aboard ESA's ERS-2 satellite on 21 October 1996. A deep ozone hole is clearly present with values as low as 100 dobsen units over the South Pole. [Image Date: 21-10-96] [97.11.014-004]