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- kevinmotel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+49you have to ask yourself, why is he running to the rover? moon men, thats why.
- drizek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+45Look at the sky, its all black. This is just a half-assed photoshop job. They didnt even bother putting clouds in or anything.
- Anubis2051, on 10/12/2007, -0/+33*Braces for conspiracy theories*
- ZippidyDoo, on 10/12/2007, -3/+31wtf that's not cheese.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+28I'd love to just get out there and get away from it all, though I'd probably be scared ***** to truly be that far away from earth
- np374, on 10/12/2007, -0/+27Space *****' rocks!
- haydesigner, on 10/12/2007, -2/+24Sarcasm usually includes a degree of wit or humor.
- Antitorgo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+20Nevermind, I'm stupid and didn't initially grasp the concept that it was a panorama. Of course the shadows change...
- KayinNasaki, on 10/12/2007, -0/+20Yeah. Due to being on the lit side of the moon they have to use day time camera exposure which doesn't give time to capture the light of the stars.
Or at least I'm pretty sure that's why. - rjpaez, on 10/12/2007, -1/+20beautiful
- geofffox, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17An interesting point to note... and more proof the photo's real.
Look at the shadows. They are black - not just darker than their surroundings. The edges are sharply defined too.
Here on Earth, the atmosphere scatters light. That really changes the look of shadows, as you see. - masamunecyrus, on 10/12/2007, -1/+18I wonder if this is the kind of quality the moon landing tapes will be in if we ever find them...
- pahoehoe, on 10/12/2007, -12/+28Yeah, obviously this was created using MSPaint. The level of detail is amazing. In any case, the government created all of the code for all future versions of Microsoft software we will ever see back in the mid-fifties, right after the so-called rocket scientists discovered that leaving the earth's atmosphere is impossible. They then hired an artist to draw all of the pictures we have seen. They kept the Microsoft programs secret until the time was right, meaning that people would not connect the dots. Then they used an android they developed in highly secret CIA labs to release the software at the right time. They named the android Bill Gates. They actually used the next version of Windows (after Vista) to produce all of the other pictures that people claim are from space. It's all a conspiracy I tell ya.
- obrysii, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16That's likely the case.
Even a modern digital camera, when set to cope with bright landscapes, will fail to catch starlight. - diggenerate, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13Konvict, I hope that you are joking.
- whipnet, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12For all who thinks the U.S. faked moon landings, we are getting ready and spending billions to fake it again by 2020.
* - Chesterfield, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12aarrodri,
What astonishing, blatant ignorance. I truly hope you're joking.
So all those who did space walks in the 60's, all those shuttle astronauts, etc, should be dead too.
Go here and read how the half-million people who worked on the moon landing kept their mouth shut about the "conspiracy".
http://www.clavius.org/why.html - miken32, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12Many more of these at http://www.moonpans.com/
- andrewry, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11There are like 20 posts above that explain it.
- Sumyunguy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10[Monty Python]
"It's only a model"
[/Monty Python] - CBTF, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10It must feel so strange to stand on ground that isn't earth. Very nice shot indeed.
- KnightMareInc, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10just wow, need a desktop version
- maiku00, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9I cant imagine what it would truely be like to be standing up there in a place so different and far away from where we come from.
- richiestang78, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9I love all the conspiracy nuts, theres no stars for a basic reason, ever see one of those new Mir Station, Shuttle or Internation Space Stations photos, no stars there either becuase stars really arent that bright and are hard to capture. Before jumping to a elaberate conspiracy about something sometimes the simplist reason is the answer.
- nclrunderwear, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Magnificent desolation indeed.
- davidzet, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11RAmen to that.
- Fosnez, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9Occam's Razor you stupid conspiracy theorist...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occams_razor
It's a panorama...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panorama
Follow the leader that says "FAKE!" There you go... good sheep.... - Chesterfield, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Even more fun! QTVR fullscreen!
http://www.panoramas.dk/fullscreen3/f29.html - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Stunning. I can not think of anyplace more desolate yet more more beautiful. Imagine if you dropped something into the shadows, you would have a hard/impossible time trying to find it.
Anyone know why there are the tiny cross hairs in the picture? - andrewry, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Honestly, there is more evidence suggesting that we _have_ been to the moon as opposed to not going. You people who think it's fake just have your heads too far up your own asses that you don't even notice it.
Anyway, it's a really cool photo, I wish they would make some of these somewhat HD and send them out for desktops (I mean the original NASA photos). - cheez, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7where are wallace and gromit in their orange sheet iron space ship?
- vizerei, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Amen Glitch!
Watching the shuttle take off as a child is what inspired me to become an engineer. - mindsnare, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8If you think it's fake, take a look at the episode of Penn & Teller's ***** about conspiracy theories, it's a good watch and a good laugh.
and then there's THIS *****... - GliTCH82, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6@davidzet
what i thought was deja vu turned out to be you writing the same comment twice already. i don't think repeating it is going to help shape national public opinion or anything.
on a related note, I for one am supporting manned missions to space, because i feel that unmanned missions don't pique the curiosity of the public and children in particular as much. the attention generated by manned missions and excitement it generates for kids is worth the added cost and risk alone, just to inspire a new generation of mathematicians, scientists, and astronauts. - MonumentMan, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8i think its pretty awesome that we sent these dudes to the moon
- fireface100, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8thats what hdri is for
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8trying to escape the threat that comes from off screen in every horror movie.
- GliTCH82, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I believe NASA used a variety of different cameras with different capabilities at the time. Also, it is quite likely that while photos such as the ones seen here stitched in a panorama were taken directly off the negatives of a film camera, the other photos that appear grainy and less sharp were sent as analog transmissions back to earth while the mission was pending.
- Jugalator, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5"We are going.. in 2020.. but not AGAIN."
We have laser reflectors placed on the moon to precisely measure the Earth/moon distance. These wouldn't have been able to be precisely placed there if we hadn't been there ourselves.
Just sayin' because this is a part conspiracy theories don't use to cover and it's easily proven from Earth. Conspiracists, prepare to educate yourselves for once: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_laser_ranging_experiment - kevinHaney, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Yeah because its the F-ing moon! Of course its weird.
- diggenerate, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7probably use as reference points to "stitch" multiple images together.
- haydesigner, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7"thats what hdri is for"
Since they had it back then when the picture was taken... - GliTCH82, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4According to the comments on that article, these aren't the moon tapes that have been mentioned before but rather just moon telemetry data recorded by the instruments we left up there.
Tapes are still MIA - Thud, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4"Does NASA touch up the sky or can one not see stars on the moon (while standing in the light?) or is it the camera?"
The surface of the moon is as bright as midday sunlight reflecting off of asphalt. That is much, much, much (much) brighter than the stars. Much.
So you're an astronaut and you have a choice: do you set your exposure to capture the stars, resulting in a blinding white wash where the moon's surface is (which will bleed over into the starfield anyway) or do you set your exposure to capture the details of the moon's surface, which will be too fast a shutter speed to capture any starlight?
Since NASA sent you to the moon, with a camera, and the film is very expensive, you'll probably take every picture that you can of the moon... since you can take pictures of stars from earth. - tomaka, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4That's a really dark sky, scary !
- Jugalator, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4"The shadows are very strange"
Yeah, they should be, given it's a panorama.
"and why are there no stars?"
The cameras are usually not sensitive enough.
You'll find the same phenomenon in most Earth photos actually. - hsoj, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Why are these photos so much sharper than ones you can find at nasa?
This one, for example: http://moonpans.com/prints/40_A16sta10.jpg looks incredibly sharp.. the LEM in the background looks photoshopped in. If you look for Apollo 16 mission shots on nasa.gov the photos look much more realistic, and the LEM even seems like it has different surroundings than the one on moonpans.com... not that you can tell with just a few different camera angles.
Pretty shots nonetheless, but I wonder if some of these are recreations or have been doctored to sell. - Ultroniar, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5@Antitorgo
It's a panorama. The shadows on the left are going in a different to direction to the middle etc. - Jugalator, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3"Astronauts should have died only a few months after their arrival"
I posted the lunar ranging experiment to the other guy, and you need to study the composition of space suits. Gee, it's fun to educate conspiracists.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_suit
Pay special attention to:
- electromagnetic radiation shielding
- particle radiation shielding - topmen, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Here are loads of better panoramas...
http://wohba.com/2005/03/lunar-vista.html -
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