Gemini 4 Experiment Debriefing, 1967

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Is the sunset more billiant than the su..'trise?
Yes.
Contrast-wise?
Right.
How about the elongation?
Wait a se ond.
When you say it's really . . .. . ... .
That was brightness .
Sunrise 1s more brilliant.
Sunr1se is more brilliant.
Up it comes.
See i t's dtirk and then the next thing it ' s light.
It's really light.
Sunset seems to t ake longer and the gradation-
And more color.
More colorful.
What about the elongation and latitude? Is there a difference in sunset and
Does the sun squash down elliptical?
No.
It doesn 't move.
It goes so . . . You .know .. . It takes about 4 seconds
to r everse the whole thing there and it ' s so bright, you don 't notice it
squashi ng ..... .. ... . Did you?
No, I didn 't .
No, I 've seen a lot of peculiar sunsets and moonsets; the
s un l'tnd moon have ear s on them and t hings like that­
It' s a.11 du to t he t hi ·k amount of atmosphere that you're going in.
It all go s pretty quickJ.y and I didn 't notice that the sun came up in
any different shape was set, but it may have .
You know, one t hing on t he f ilms when you see them, the bottom pa.rt looks
like the rcfle t i on o
something, either in the lens or -
I don't think