Astronaut Scientific Debriefings, 1962-1963

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relatively dark blue band right at the surface of the earth.
Of course, the orange and light yellow was changing at this
point and I then came into seeing this dark blue bando
In
other words, I had lost the orange cloud effect just above the
surface of the clouds.
This was the same kind of red-orange
we typically see through the atmosphere on the surface of the
earth which is, of course, the atmosphere.
I realize this cuts
out most everything but reds and yellow~orange.
But the light
yellow wasn't at all unusual either; I had seen this in many
sunsets.
The sun had set.
I wanted to describe this blue band.
I realized I had gone through some 34 seconds.
When I say
describing the blue band, it is some 30 seconds later.
Took me,
say, 4 seconds to say that.
Relatively dark blue banq right at
the surface of the earth and a light blue band meaning a next
band above it; another dark blue band, a large white band which
is the airglow o This is the way I felt it should be.
I have
not made a careful study prior to the time of the various layers
on the earth or above the eartho
Then a deep black one and it
sort of goes from a grayish blue· to a dense black, almost looks
like the underneath surfac~ of a summer cumulo-nimbus effect,
where you have a nice bright earth and then you go into this
black cloud and then there is this roll cloud that precedes a
thunder storm and it's a very, very choppy underneath surface.
It looks very turbulent, to you.
This surprised me.
expected to see another sharp line and I did not.
This is what
I