Acore hi it looks like you’ve put that one to rest. Well done. I was concerned that I couldn’t find a second photo to show that the anomaly was as it seemed (i.e in the air casting a shadow) but as you will see from my post I took a chance anyway and put a warning on it for anyone looking at it. Well done again.
As a distraction from scanning the LRO images I have been looking through the internet trying to find anomalies in Apollo photos or films. Im then trying to find similar examples from my collection that may explain or add weight to their actual existence. I have found a photo although I am not familiar with it which was taken by an astronaut on the surface. It is top left on the slide below. The originalis way off in the distance. (I hope it hasnt already proven to be a fake)
Any way please see my examples of shadows forming something similar.
The main photo is a still shot I have taken from an Apollo 16 film namely As16v1242320.mpg In this shot the camera is being panned 360 degrees around the moon buggy. As it comes around towards Spook crater in the distance it captures this image. Whats I also found interesting is what the astronauts are saying to NASA back on earth. Rather than go into that in any depth I'll just stick to the image. Observations welcome and can anyone please tell me where the top left apollo head image is from?
There is no timing on the film but the indicator is about half way along literally 2 seconds after the astronaut cleans dust of the lens with his brush.
-- Edited by The Genealogist on Wednesday 13th of June 2012 12:12:34 AM
...that one is very interessting ...but thats no cloud i will proof it next time ! ..i watched this forum a lot ..and i think its time now for me to share my anomalys and optical illusions with you because i found a lot of good posts here ! ...i found something very very interessting in tycho (see new topic)!
-- Edited by ACore on Tuesday 12th of June 2012 03:33:28 AM
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-- Edited by ACore on Tuesday 12th of June 2012 03:36:12 AM
Ive included the next slide here as there is every possibilty it is created by shadow or pixelation. However I think someone on the site said recently 'I can only show what is there!!' So with that in mind......and no enhancement by me other than magnification of the LROC image.
This slide shows what seems to be a somewhat flat surface image like a Nasca line drawing. To the right of it however appears to be a 3D object which looks for anything like a hand holding an olympic sized torch. (This must be an illusion even if the drawing is real) Its probable that a lot of things have come together at just the right moment to make this image possible. But then again.........
Location -42.32884 -10.97798
-- Edited by The Genealogist on Monday 11th of June 2012 02:30:12 PM
Its taken me a long time to decide whether to post these 2 photos as they are the easiest to shoot down. I am not an expert on shadows or dust clouds on the moon so Im taking a chance. All I can ask is that members treat these anomalies with caution as I am not too sure myself.
In the first photo the small craft-like object to the upper right appears to be casting a shadow on the 'rock' behind. I have searched in vain to find another explanation for the shadow but I cant find one in the photo. The angle of the other shadows on the surface seems pretty much the same but I leave that for the observer to decide.
In the second photo a long craft-like object seems to be causing a dust cloud immediately to the left of it.
-- Edited by Chandre on Friday 25th of May 2012 10:01:14 AM