Folder: Man on the Moon. A modern lie?
- Mr.Spience
- Sep 18, 2024
- 6 min read
Updated: Sep 27, 2024
After extensive research, I will try to answer a question that has often piqued our curiosity and one that I am frequently asked. A thought that has crossed many minds. A question, however, that is difficult to answer. A motivation to analyze the subject from more angles. A challenge to the imagination and to the restless spirit to set aside our problems for a moment, and certainly, an opportunity to turn our gaze upwards, to the sky, and away from the Earth...
Moon: The Earth's only and eternal companion. Billions of eyes have gazed upon it. Few, very few, have set foot on it. Or perhaps none at all...?
I will present below talks from experts, videos, and images for everyone to judge for themselves. So, let's begin...
Shadows: There are many issues regarding the lighting and shadows seen in photographs from the Apollo missions that landed on the Moon. While there should be a single light source, the Sun, and no external lighting, something else is evident in the NASA photos of the time. As you can see with the arrows, the shadows do not fall parallel as they should if illuminated by one light source; instead, they are converging, as if the objects are being lit by two or more different light sources.
Another such case, and perhaps the most striking one. No arrows are even needed to see the incorrect direction of the shadows. This phenomenon can only occur if there is more than one light source.
Here, we observe a variety of incorrect shadows (on the flag, the satellite dish, the astronaut, and the reflection in the helmet). One could even argue that there are 3 or 4 light sources.
Cameras and Aiming Points: As is well known, the cameras were literally screwed onto the astronauts' chests, they had no flash, and the astronauts aimed and photographed with their chests, without actually having visual contact with the camera, since their heads inside the helmets couldn't bend enough to see the camera. Jan Lundberg, the designer of these devices, discusses the issue and confirms it. A related excerpt is shown at 2:50 in the video that follows, from a relevant documentary:
The question then arises: how did such beautiful, perfectly centered images come about?
Additionally, at this point, we need to examine the crosshairs that appear on the images. These are not artificially added after the photos or videos were taken. They are the aiming points on the lens, so they are always present in the photo, overlaying everything in the image. However, sometimes the following paradoxical phenomenon occurs:
Sometimes the crosshairs appear in the background, behind objects, without any clear reason why...
The obvious question is how, given that the aiming point is in the center of the astronaut's suit, as mentioned earlier, the astronaut taking the photo, without being perfectly aligned (as evidenced by the reflection in the helmet), managed to center the photo so well. The answer is simple: it can't be done! And here, paradoxically, some shadows also present issues, with the most obvious being the difference in the way the astronaut's shadow falls compared to the others in the scene.
An unanswered question is the appearance of a letter, specifically a capital "C," on a lunar rock! It is likely a natural formation, as I see no reason for a letter to exist on a rock.
Jeep: Another strange detail is that in many of the photos featuring the jeep they had there, it often shows no tracks, no "tire marks" in the soil... It looks as if it was placed at the spot where the photo was taken. Perhaps they actually lifted it by hand, or maybe it was transported with a crane. I haven’t found any relevant information on this.
Gravity: The gravity on the Moon is 1/6 of that on Earth. This means that astronauts should be moving at 1/6 of the speed (in simple terms) compared to how they would on Earth. However, this is not the case, as if you simply play the video of their walk at 2x speed (not 5x or 6x), they appear to be moving as if they were on Earth. The same applies to the dust they kick up. A relevant excerpt can be found in the video that follows at 1:20:
Flag: Of course, we can't overlook the waving flag. Waving in the wind? But there's no atmosphere on the Moon, and therefore no air. How is the flag constantly moving? Could it be that a breeze blew on the filming location? The official explanation is that it's due to some residual oscillation. It's possible... The video that follows at 2:00 and beyond shows the mentioned issue:
Locations: There are shots from different locations with the same environmental background. How could this happen? And when we say different, we mean kilometers apart...
The left photo is from an earlier Apollo mission. It shows the base of the lunar module, which is left behind when it departs. Given that no one retrieved it, where did it go in the second photo, which was taken from a different mission and at a different location? How is it a different location if the background with the mountains is identical?
Images from the Apollo 16 mission's walk on two different days, at locations that are 2.5 miles apart according to NASA. If you look at the rocks, they are the same! Check out the video at 6:00:
Lighting and Reflections: On the Moon, due to the lack of atmosphere, there is no diffusion of light by air molecules, as there is no air, resulting in a starry sky (though not a single star is visible in the photos). Additionally, there are no external light sources other than the Sun. Therefore, if something is in the shadow of an object or behind it relative to the Sun, it should not appear in the photos and should be completely black. However, this is not always the case.
The astronaut, therefore, should not be visible due to the position of the Sun, as they are clearly behind the spacecraft. However, they appear as if there are spotlights directed at them, which, as far as we know, did not exist on the missions.
What is actually reflecting on the helmet? A light source? Normally, nothing should be there except the endless space...
Crater: The unanswered question remains why no crater was formed at the landing site. The gases from the engine’s burn should have created a crater due to the pressure and blasted dust from the landing spot, which should have settled even on the lunar module. This never happened. In no photo is there a crater, and all objects are "clean." However, we know that the Moon’s surface consists of dust-like soil.
Also, during the ascent, there are no propellant gases visible, as shown in the video that follows at 6:25:
Van Allen Belts: These are regions of particles surrounding Earth created by our planet's magnetic field, which trap particles from the Sun and can have very harmful, even deadly, effects on humans. How did the astronauts survive their transit through these belts with only a few layers of aluminum foil for protection? It is literally a miracle of either engineering or luck!
Extreme Temperatures: The temperatures in the shadows and sunlight on the Moon are extreme. According to experts, the astronauts' suits were not capable of fully protecting them from these conditions, yet they survived.
I believe I have presented a comprehensive overview of the evidence that many claim indicates the human landing on the Moon in 1969 may not have happened at that time. If we did go, why haven’t we gone back? As a scientist, I would very much like to see continued exploration.
Personally, I think a reasonable explanation might be that some images have been edited, not necessarily to create false impressions, but to clean and improve quality. Others might have been maliciously edited online and are not the originals. It is striking that while the videos are of poor quality, some of the photos are truly perfect.
And let’s not forget, Easter Island was discovered by Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen, who arrived there on Easter in 1722. He started from Europe, crossed the Atlantic, passed through Patagonia, and found the island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. With a wooden ship, no GPS, or advanced systems, he managed to return to his country and announce the discovery, and people believed him without audiovisual evidence. Subsequent missions were able to find the island as well.
I want to believe that even if we didn’t go to the Moon when it was announced, we did go a few years later. As humans, we are capable of achieving such feats. These theories are intriguing, and yes, it’s fascinating to question everything, as it could have been a Cold War political game of impressions, but I believe we ultimately did go.
After all, we are all enchanted by the image of a person walking up there...
The videos used were found on YouTube from the FOX documentary:
Documentary - Moon Landing Hoax - Conspiracy Theory - Did we land on the Moon
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