Gemini 4 Experiment Debriefing, 1967

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Zodiacal Light
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Jae Divitt and ,hite ,ere taking 16 rnti. movies
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be.fore one 11 capsule da m11
when they noic d ttie zodiacal light and described
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thus, "it was a shaft of light and a long tine before the sun came up. 11
On the ,round observ rs can note tho cone tot light in the eastern sky or
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western sky after the sun has set and gone down about 18 de~~ ( about and hour
after sunset or an hour before sunri e.) Pilots t 40,000 feet o~n follo it for
a lon1er span since they are , rray from disturbing city lights •
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Condition of tho ii.do
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The G....nrlni optical window is quite superior to tho Jrcury indo,,.
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the less the pilots note that11both their windows ere fog YJ"
nd at one
point durin~ EVA ,hite :rubbed his sleeve accid nt·-lly on JirllSs, ~dow
d~~na it - probably parti lly rcmvlinr the silicon ·D.m.
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