Astronaut Scientific Debriefings, 1962-1963

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You notice any--very many clouds or any peculiar cloud formation?

Yes. We got quite a number of cloud pictures and you can pick out the relative types of clouds. We did wonder whether you could tell vertical clouds from SER-06 clouds. You can tell what clouds are vertical development and you get a three dimensional effect. Looking at them you can tell that some are higher than others.

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Comparing what you said and what the picture showed, is there anything particular noteworthy that you might have seen that the pictures might not show?

I don't think so other than the things we have mentioned here.

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Is what Now?

Does your window produce any polarization?

We have a real limited degree of polarization in the window.

How many __ do you have in E __ form?

I will make a note on that one and check the exact polarization of it.

We had--this was checked at the time that we ran some star studies in when

St. Louis and I took the capsule out __.

The reason I asked __.

The exact figure on that I can't give you.

Did you pass over any snow propagations, mountains __?

No. I could see out in the West looking way up North from the area right over--well the South of San Diego at the end of the second orbit. There was so much cloud cover up to the North that I couldn't be real possibly positive.