"rk" wrote in message
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| Just curious, and I remeber reading about this here a while ago, but
| there was a good technical explanation for why, in some lunar surface
| pictures, the cross-hatch patterns did not come out in the pictures.

http://www.clavius.org/photoret.html

Here's what I wrote, but it's not as complete as it should be. I'll see if
I can get hold of some photos a photographer friend of mine took
intentionally to show the effect. Also, keep in mind that they don't show
up as well in JPEG versions of certain photos even though they're visible in
prints.

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