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<blockquote data-quote="A_HRD" data-source="post: 98950" data-attributes="member: 49"><p><em>Quote</em>: Moon landings? That made me smile. Hmm, that's an extremely long, and an extremely curious off-topic!! <em>Unquote.</em> </p><p></p><p>Not at all, Stevee's link took me straight to this 'myth-busters' page (copied below) which explains a very similar photographic misrepresentation due to dark/light/angles/shadows/reflections/etc. A very apt and interesting parallel comparison to the discussion on the first page - explaining how misconceptions can happen as a result. </p><p></p><p>Just explaining - for the benefit of those who didn't see/understand the relevance of the link.</p><p></p><p>Peter B</p><p></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo14Shadows.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Apollo14Shadows.jpg/220px-Apollo14Shadows.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p>Apollo 14 photo: shadows appear to point different directions</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AldrinOnMoon.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/AldrinOnMoon.jpg/220px-AldrinOnMoon.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p>Aldrin in shadow, yet clearly visible</p><p><strong>Myth statement</strong> <strong>Status</strong> <strong>Notes</strong> One of the NASA photos is fake because the shadows of the rocks and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_module" target="_blank">lunar lander</a> are not parallel.BustedThe MythBusters built a small scale replica of the lunar landing site with a flat surface and a single distant spotlight to represent the Sun. They took a photo and all the shadows in the photo were parallel, as the myth proposed. They then adjusted the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topography" target="_blank">topography</a> of the model surface to include a slight hill around the location of the near rocks so the shadows fell on a slope instead of a flat surface. The resulting photograph had the same shadow directions as the original NASA photograph from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_14" target="_blank">Apollo 14</a>.One of the NASA photos is fake because <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzz_Aldrin" target="_blank">Buzz Aldrin</a> can be clearly seen while in the shadow of the lunar lander.BustedTo test this, the MythBusters built a much larger scale (1:6) replica of the landing site, including a dust surface with a color and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albedo" target="_blank">albedo</a> similar to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_soil" target="_blank">lunar soil</a>. The MythBusters then took a photograph which was nearly identical to the original NASA photo from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11" target="_blank">Apollo 11</a>. The MythBusters explained that the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronaut" target="_blank">astronaut</a> was visible because of light being reflected off the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon" target="_blank">Moon</a>'s surface.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="A_HRD, post: 98950, member: 49"] [I]Quote[/I]: Moon landings? That made me smile. Hmm, that's an extremely long, and an extremely curious off-topic!! [I]Unquote.[/I] Not at all, Stevee's link took me straight to this 'myth-busters' page (copied below) which explains a very similar photographic misrepresentation due to dark/light/angles/shadows/reflections/etc. A very apt and interesting parallel comparison to the discussion on the first page - explaining how misconceptions can happen as a result. Just explaining - for the benefit of those who didn't see/understand the relevance of the link. Peter B [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo14Shadows.jpg'][IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Apollo14Shadows.jpg/220px-Apollo14Shadows.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Apollo 14 photo: shadows appear to point different directions [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AldrinOnMoon.jpg'][IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/AldrinOnMoon.jpg/220px-AldrinOnMoon.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Aldrin in shadow, yet clearly visible [B]Myth statement[/B] [B]Status[/B] [B]Notes[/B] One of the NASA photos is fake because the shadows of the rocks and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_module']lunar lander[/URL] are not parallel.BustedThe MythBusters built a small scale replica of the lunar landing site with a flat surface and a single distant spotlight to represent the Sun. They took a photo and all the shadows in the photo were parallel, as the myth proposed. They then adjusted the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topography']topography[/URL] of the model surface to include a slight hill around the location of the near rocks so the shadows fell on a slope instead of a flat surface. The resulting photograph had the same shadow directions as the original NASA photograph from [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_14']Apollo 14[/URL].One of the NASA photos is fake because [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzz_Aldrin']Buzz Aldrin[/URL] can be clearly seen while in the shadow of the lunar lander.BustedTo test this, the MythBusters built a much larger scale (1:6) replica of the landing site, including a dust surface with a color and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albedo']albedo[/URL] similar to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_soil']lunar soil[/URL]. The MythBusters then took a photograph which was nearly identical to the original NASA photo from [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11']Apollo 11[/URL]. The MythBusters explained that the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronaut']astronaut[/URL] was visible because of light being reflected off the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon']Moon[/URL]'s surface. [/QUOTE]
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