Since you have, of course, examined an original large print and the negative of
the entire image to see what is really going on, and since you have taken into
account the focal length of the lens used on the camera (and hence the implied
distance of the photographer), the terrain, the angle of the Sun relative to the
camera axis, the altitude of the Sun above the horizon, the exact orientation of
the astronaut's legs, etc., I congratulate you for your carefully considered
conclusion.
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Curtis Croulet
Temecula, California
33° 27' 59" N, 117° 05' 53" W