popsci.com — When Neil Armstrong pressed the first bootprint into the Sea of Tranquility, most of humanity watched the televised low-res blob and felt pride welling up in their chests. But a few watchers felt something entirely different?an unconfirmed, squinty-eyed skepticism that something about the whole deal smelled fishy.
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christopherrbSep 30, 2008
Buried because it's inaccurate. It's inaccurate because it happened. Mythbusters Proved that you hoax people are a bunch of pussies.
darkypOct 1, 2008
The moon-walks were done early in the morning, with the sun low on the horizon. This is ideal for photography because it lights up the foreground and background evenly, but is not strong enough to wash out (too many) details. This is why everyone's shadows are very long. When it comes to the flag, which is just a 10mm pole and sheet of material (plastic? I'm not sure.), the shadow is going to be very long and thin. Easy to get hidden with rocks on the ground.If you go here: <a class="user" href="http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/apollo/apollo11/hires/as11_40_5874.jpg">http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/apollo/ ...</a> (warning: 2.8mb image), you can see the shadow of the flag. No? Can't see it? Look carefully, off to the far right. There it is. :) I'm gonna hypothesise here that there is a mound of dust in front of the flag, preventing us from seeing it until after the astronaut.Anyway, boss is yelling at me, I gotta get back to work. Hope this helps. Kudos on having some common sense. Stay skeptical, it's healthy.
bigmanoncampusOct 1, 2008
The shadow runs parallel to the astronauts shadow. For the astronaut's shadow, you cannot see anything higher than his legs shadowing the ground in this picture, and the flag is much higher than his legs are. Hence, the flag shadow is to the right, out of frame. The shadow for the pole is barely visible, parallel to the astronauts shadow.
bigmanoncampusOct 1, 2008
@Tomchei,Actually, I agree with you.
sagooberOct 2, 2008
RTFA before you bury it, you douche