Originally Posted by John

Even though the moon walk took place in the 60's, i think that NASA could have invented a suit that could ward off the the harmful effects of the solar flares.

Originally Posted by knot_e_lady

Here ya go:

Clementine Photos

The Clementine Lunar orbiter has taken photographs of the moon's surface. They're not detailed enough to see any small features on the surface such as a lunar module, but that hasn't stopped people looking.


This is a composite picture of the area that Apollo 15 landed in. This mission spent 3 days on the moon's surface, far longer than earlier missions. This gave the astronauts more time to stir up dust in the surrounding area. This, coupled with the disturbance cause by the lander's rockets made enough of a mark on the lunar surface to be just visible on the photograph. The dark spot indicated by arrow A corresponds exactly to that landing site. Arrows B & C show recent meteor impacts.
Now I'd be the first to admit that this isn't conclusive proof, but still evidence and the clearest pictures we're going to get until the SELENE mission.

Clementine Satellite Photos

Originally Posted by hevusa

I think I missed this post originally. Thanks for sharing Knot_E... but like you said it is not really conclusive proof. I would like to think that getting a detailed photo of the landing/take-off site should be possible these days with modern technology.

The thing that really bugs me are all those shadow anomilies from the photos taken on the moon. Have those shadow theories been debunked?

Originally Posted by knot_e_lady

Yep.

It has to do with surface elevation.

Even here on earth, if you look at a sign post shadow as it goes up a curb, for example, does the shadow stay straight? No, it makes a 90 degree bend when it hits the curb.

The lunar surface is not flat. To say that the shadows on the moon would behave any differently then the shadows we see everyday here on earth is perposterous.

Originally Posted by hevusa

The shadows bending was never the issue though. It was that a single object had multiple shadows suggesting multiple sources of light when there should only be one (the sun).

Originally Posted by knot_e_lady

I never saw anything about multiple shadows.

What I saw was them saying that shadows that were of objects side by side were not parallel.

Also, things that they feel SHOULD be in shadow were not, and this is caused by reflected light. Just as when you are standing under a tree, are you in complete darkness? No. Because light is reflected off the surfaces around you. It is the same way, if not more so, on the moon.