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Gamma rays, X-rays and ultraviolet

light blocked by the upper atmosphere

(best observed from space).

Visible light

observable

from Earth,

with some

atmospheric

distortion.

Most of the

infrared spectrum

absorbed by

atmospheric

gases (best

observed

from space).

Radio waves observable

from Earth.

Long-wavelength

radio waves

blocked.

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50 %

100 %

0.1 nm

1 nm

10 nm

100 nm

1 µm

10 µm

100 µm

1 mm

1 cm

10 cm

1 m

10 m

100 m

1 km

Wavelength

Atmospheric

opacity

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