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Wilson cloud chamber for weather balloons, prototype v2

A second prototype of a Wilson cloud chamber for weather balloons has been built to test saturations, different pressures and temperatures, clearing field voltages, cameras, illuminations: Good results were achieved with a line laser for illumination. The alpha emitter is on the top, the laser on the left side. Prototype 3 to 4 is probably able to be launched with a 2 m diameter hydrogen weather balloon to capture cosmic radiation.
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