379637 01: Scientists at NASA said they have located the largest ozone hole ever recorded. In a report released October 3, 2000, the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD said satellites have observed an 11.5 million square-mile hole, a severe thinning of Earth's protective ozone layer, last month over Antarctica. The area is approximately three times the size of the United States. (Photo by Newsmakers)
