I came across this site today with its images of the astronauts at Moses Lake. There are plenty of good colour photographs of astronaut helmets that we can examine to determine the reflective properties of a two-layer helmet. I thought it may be educational to download a few and examine them with comparison to the lunar photos. However, they are press released images I think.
It references the site www.archive.org which appears to be where they get their images from for downloads of higher res photos.
I thought you all might be interested in the image of the day (1st April 2010) which shows a drinking fountain (it being April Fools Day) and suited astronaut (with poor reflection image in helmet) and fake shadow of cameraman.
I just wondered if there might be something in this kind of photo that was not in the others? It really depends where they got the original from I suppose.
AS17-141-21608 (13 Dec. 1972) --- Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan stands near an over-hanging rock during the third Apollo 17 lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. Scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt took this photograph.
If you look closer at the reflection in the helmet of Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, you will n otice a small figure. presumably scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt took the photo. But all isnt as it seems.
Below is the original image to give some context of the position of Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan. .
Below: We take a closer look at the helmet with no enhancements. Incredibly the anomalies are quite clear. 2 throne liuke structures appear opposite each other with a statue (so called photographer) in between.
Really nice work fruitnut, you raise two important questions and I love the mirror comparison
Iceman- well spotted, that does look like a wris****ch and Skipper mentioned the ungloved hand.
Thewatcher - do the fingers look to long to you ? I see them as being longish and articulated but still within the norms and ending before the cuff ? But I can't always trust these eyes on the smaller images LOL...
Emmm... lol I think we broke this story 8th December 2009...lol but anyway. Fruitnut theres more here than you know. Im a bit unsure what youre implying but you need to understand the angles... There is more .. believe me. We just havent released it for just this reason.
I'll show you a little.. Hal will kill me but I need to let you know that you need to treat this site with a lot of caution as this maybe one of the biggest finds on the web so far.
Alot of work has been put into this location. Whats going on here is hugely complicated !! But fun ..
SEE the face in the red ?BOX on right.
I know things are amazing but you may miss the finer detail.
thewatcher, Harry and their group, this is grate job, ,Look closely at astronauts (to the lift) hands, I put an arrow on something which seams to be a wris****ch. If you examine the hands very closely it seams the astronaut is not wearing glows, yes I'm nearly sure about it see the right hand the grip is very deep and wide, not like USA astronauts gloves which are short fingered and clumsy.
thewatcher and gang this is maybe small step for you bud very big step for the mankind.
They have kindly granted me permission to copy some of their work here so you can see what I was referring to ....
BELOW:The image below gives a comparison with our mystery figure and Neil Armstrong. Notice the similar poses. There are some glaring differences!
BELOW:A closer look at the helmet of the figure reveals a perplexing problem. The structures pass under the helmet onto the neck. After much thought it was clear that the helmet visor tint was tampered with. When removed the entire figure takes on a completely different form.
One of the most peculiarly thing as viewing the reflections in the astronauts helmet is the camera angle which do not fit well as far as my experience in photographing concern.
If I had to copy this as photographing work I would use another picture with all I had to show because of the curved class this would be the simplest way to do that. I think the reflection is only made of the outer protection shield. My conclusion is this: The reflection is made in studio using Moon background and other picture to show the reflection in the astronaut's helmet.
Gbull, you're right it just gets stranger. Iceman has commented on what colours would look like on the Moon and thats a valid point (unless NASA took that into account when they designed the flag but how would they know for sure). Cernans face reflection suggests that they were a few feet apart and he was slightly lower but that does not correspond with the figure in the reflection. My minds warping from trying to figure it out
@gmantoo - The boots are darker not white and the reason why I think it is an arm and not a leg is the position in the helmet in comparison to the reflection of the chest pack that would normally hold a camera. Part of the other arm that is holding the flag is also apparant in the helmet at the same height on the other side of the chest pack. A leg and boot would be much smaller because of the distortion caused by the curve of the helmet IMHO.
yes the face would be a reflection of a face within a suit. The astronauts wear two helmets, an inner goldfish bowl clear one as seen in the images of them walking to the take-off and in Skippers report and then an outer larger one that has a gold-tinted visor for protection from the light. I believe it may be possible that the many-layers and bright light sources make it possible for us to see more that one layer in an image.
In this case we are seeing 1) the first layer, which is the reflection in the gold visor of the subject 2) than a second layer which would be the outside reflection of the photographers gold visor 3) and then a third layer which is the inside reflection of the photographers face highlighted by the extremely bright sun.
The face we see cannot be the subject in the photo as he is standing at an angle so it can only be the photographer. This means that Cernan must be the photographer and Schmidt the subject as you can see the difference in their facial features in the photos below.
If the multi-layered image is not a possibility than we have some serious questions as that could not possibly be the lander.
The pictures of the lander are 20461 and 20463, they are the only ones in this sequence but you can use the lander in 20381 or 20382 as these were taken shortly before the image in question.
I personally cannot find any correlation between the lander images and this reflection but I do not claim to be an expert so I will reserve judgment on that.
The astronaut has his back to the lander as detailed maybe more clearly in this image where you can see where he is standing in relation to the rover and then judge in comparison to the two overviews of the lander, rover and flag. This is image 20386 in the sequence
The brown lump I think you are referring to is the hill. The angle of the curve of the helmets would naturally distort it. We will wait for Humanoids 'christmas ball' tests to confirm that for sure.
This brings up another interesting point which I overlooked earlier and which Skipper has focused my attention on. The anomaly next to the flag in the reflection
In the extreme right of the reflection, from three to six o'clock is a white item covering the flag and even appearing to throw a shadow onto the flag. Surely this is wrong as there is nothing there in the image. I would imagine that the flag should continue uninterrupted but distorted around this entire curve of the helmet ?
@Sithkiller Thank you for the feedback. I am not reporting on the small figure as I just do not understand how the reflection with such distortion is possible unless we are perhaps looking at the 2nd layer reflection of subject in the photographers helmet, but even that is wrong as the angle he is standing at does not correspond and there is no flag visible. If it is the photographer in the subjects helmet than this indicates that the photographer is lower and further away and that is also not right. At this point in the curve of the helmet objects should look closer an bigger with the possibility of the middle being large than either end (check the ball Humanoid you will see what I mean).
The object on the ground you are describing is what I see as the weapon (I think we are referring to the same thing ?) The reason I do not think it is on the ground is detailed above, but I am open to correction.
@Skipper Thank you for your feedback. I agee that the angle of curvature of the horizon and ground do not seem to be in keeping with the angle of curvature on the actual helmet glass.
The item on the ground is echoed by a circular object to the right, problem is I cannot get enough detail to post on it. Frustrating !
@Humanoid Let us know how the experiment works out
Comments on Skippers site. I will reply to all in due course as I am running around a bit today
gbull says:
that is a great post chandre. @J.P. and everybody, aren't the proportions wrong for a human body in that freaky little suit? i mean, it doesn't look like a funhouse mirror reflection. does it? i could be wrong!!
Posted on : 2010-03-15 21:31:53
Sith Killer says:
Mr. Skipper- I just had to take more looks at that "reflection" in the helmet. I tried ray tracing some of the contours visible in the reflection(s) and there is definitely something wrong with the hypothesis that we are looking at just distorted reflections. For example of zooming in 400% on the ground off the left elbow of the "hazmat" suit, there is a spherical object sitting on the ground what appears about 3 feet in diameter with an dark band encircling it about the circumference. It is VERY round, not a contour of any object in the vicinity showing in a distorted reflection. Then that "face" visible in the helmet (inside? reflection?) whatever it is the eyes have pupils. There are many other inconsistencies in these pictures. Maybe they were made on a stage, but even then, what with all the seeming strange objects in that helmet reflection? A very curious, and creepy, bunch of pictures!
Posted on : 2010-03-15 17:36:09
Humanoid says:
I hate to be the skeptic this time, but here it is an orthodox theory of mine- Chandre's "lander" and Skipper's upper yellow arrow in image#5 are greasy spots/scraches on the glass surface, better seen or highlighted by the brigth reflection of the light source. Hazmat suit- not conclusive enough, appearance might be due to globe/fishbowl distortion of reflected images. Color of reflected Moon surface- not conclusive, I'll have to experiment with a gold-plated Christmas ball . "Alien face"- hmm.. no comment. "Beam weapon" seen in Cernan's gloveless hand- I'd say wishful thinking. Last but not least- curvature of Moon horizon? Yes that seems to be the outline of a Moon hill in the distance, what's so strange about it? Sorry guys, we did land on the Moon after all
Posted on : 2010-03-15 16:55:17
J. P. Skipper says:
Nice work at the forum Chandre. Here’s something that I elected not to bring up in my report. Note in the image behind Cernan on the left the curvature of the Moon horizon appears to be strongly represented in this shot. How is that possible in a shot like this? This was also brought to my attention by another via email indicating that others can recognize this problem as well. Did someone just make a mistake in the selection of the background? Also, on the ground at Cernan’s feet appears to be a vase with smoke or the like coming out of it. Note that Cernan’s hand also appears not to be wearing a glove in this shot and he’s outside on the Moon’s surface? These last two items were also brought to my attention by others via email indicating that this is recognizable by others out there. These issues had little to with the point I was trying to make in my report so I left them out. If I had included them, then I would have had to bring up tons of other evidence suggesting that the whole affair was staged on set. I didn’t have the time or space for reporting on all that.
Posted on : 2010-03-15 13:08:39
Sith Killer says:
Hi Chandre- just finished reading your post at activeboard, and looking also at the rex heflin pictures. This is first time I've seen the helmet image reflection(?). In the reflection(?) the funny looking suit does sort of look like a Hazmat suit, the thing in the glove does kind of look like a weapon, and whatever is in that moon suit it sure does not look human. What can one say? The whole thing is creepy.
What makes you think the 'arm' is not a 'leg' with a white boot on the bottom?
I cannot see the face (other than the one you have outlined) and it would be inside a suit wouldn't it? Or.. are you suggesting that the face is not wearing a suit?
I can see what might be the lander, but we have to identify the kind of 'sheet' that is hanging down in folds on the left hand side. the top right is the arm and Earth reflection I guess. The pictures you have posted of the lander for comparison maybe from the wrong angle or taken at another time. Also the astronaut could be looking towards the lander when the photo was taken unless the lander is in the background of the same image.
The brown lump looks like a hill or large rock of some kind in front and slightly to the right of the astronaut. I say this because it ends before the edge of the reflective helmet glass on the right. However, we are supposed to think it is the ground going off into the distance, aren't we?
I am not saying that you are wrong, I am merely putting forward some other ideas and things I cannot see.
I do agree that there does appear to be someone in a biological hazzard suit in the top left though. Thats a bit strange as has been pointed out. I think they must have added stuff to the image to "artistically enhance" it and to give us something to find !!
I wanted to add some images that Skipper used in his last post.
This is the source image
AS17-134-20387HR
This is a slightly adjusted (contrast, brightness etc.) of the helmet. You can see the gold tint but you can also see that this does not affect the colours in the flag or the colour of the astronauts suit arm.
It would be physically impossible for the lander to reflect in this helmet as the astronaut has his back to it as indicated in these two support images.
The only way we could be seeing the lander is in the double-reflection of the photographers helmet but is that possible. I guess so as we seem to be seeing the photographers face so maybe we can see his helmet as well ?
These are two crops of what should be the lander, it is obviously some type of metallic craft.... but is it the lander ?
These are images of the actual lander for comparison
This is a crop of the astronauts suit arm, what I find interesting is the object he appears to be holding. It is obviously something metallic but it resembles a weapon more than a scoop/bucket/sampler/hammer
The last crop is of the orange area in the middle of the image. This is clearly the reflected face of the astronaut taking the photo.
This is an image of Cernans face for comparison
And in case you case cannot see the images here they are. The red is the lander reflection. The orange is the face and the blue is the weapon/tool.
-- Edited by Chandre on Monday 15th of March 2010 01:37:07 PM
thewatcher used an interesting avatar a while ago which started me on a closer investigation of the suits used by different missions. I am going to post those here for interest and reference sake.
Apollo 12
Apollo 15
Irwins suit in the museum. Take a closer look at the helmet.
Apollo 17
As a non-techno, it is obvious to me that the helmets were changed slighty as improvements for each mission. I cannot find anything conclusive on the net regarding this that I can post so this is a personal assumption.
This is the original image the watchers avatar was based on Image AS12-49-7278
This is the official description of the image
This superb picture shows Al holding the so-called "long can", a vacuum sealed sample container more formally called the Special Environmental Sample Container (SESC). Photographer Pete Conrad has just poured soil into the can. We can see that the can is nearly full. The long-can lid is hanging by a cord from the bottom. This photo gives us a good view of the top of Al's Hasselblad camera and the cuff checklist and watch on his left sleeve. Note also that reflections of Pete and the Hand Tool Carrier are visible in Al's visor.
These are two images of the astronauts en-route to the craft. Pete is the first figure and Al the third according to the captions. Note that all three suits are identical.
a close-up of the image in the helmet
For reference here are two more images of Al holding other equipment. Images ASA12-46-6807 and AS12-46-6806
I am not posting thewatchers avatar as I do not have his permission, but perhaps he will post that when reading this as there is an anomaly visible in that image.
Take a close look at the suit itself and the helmet and you will notice that something appears to be wrong with the image.
I also have taken an interest in helmet (and other reflections) visible in Apollo images since my work on the Apollo 12 Bean reflection anomaly. I like to play with the helmets to see if I can find what lies beneath.
I had some success with this Apollo 17 image of Schmidt
-- Edited by Chandre on Thursday 11th of February 2010 07:56:50 AM
-- Edited by Chandre on Thursday 11th of February 2010 08:09:51 AM