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===Atmospheric transmission=== The visible range of most animals evolved to match the [[optical window]], which is the range of light that can pass through the atmosphere. The ozone layer absorbs almost all UV light (below 315 nm).<ref name="Hunt-2001">{{cite journal |last1=Hunt |first1=D.M. |last2=Wilkie |first2=S.E. |last3=Bowmaker |first3=J.K. |last4=Poopalasundaram |first4=S. |title=Vision in the ultraviolet |journal=Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences |date=October 2001 |volume=58 |issue=11 |pages=1583β1598 |doi=10.1007/PL00000798 |pmid=11706986 |s2cid=22938704 |quote=Radiation below 320 nm [ultraviolet (UV)A] is largely screened out by the ozone layer in the Earth's upper atmosphere and is therefore unavailable to the visual system,|pmc=11337280 }}</ref> However, this only affects cosmic light (e.g. [[sunlight]]), not terrestrial light (e.g. [[Bioluminescence]]).
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