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Old August 4th 06, 05:02 PM posted to sci.space.history
Ami Silberman
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Default Identifying objects in Buzz's faceplate.

Our resident kooks actually inspired me to take a look at a photo, and,
though I have no doubts that I'm seeing things in it which are actually on
the moon, I'm curious as to exactly what I am seeing.

T____C_____ wrote:
B___, take a close look at the astronaut's helmet reflection (Apollo
11). There appears to be 5 lights with the photograph having been
taken at night. I wonder if these are xenon lights? Or, are they Beta
Lights?

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/...11_40_5902.jpg

You can see some interesting reflectons in
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/as11-40-5903HR.jpg
which has the same time stamp.

If you want more resolution than is available in the online version, check
out Michael Light's book "Full Moon" -- he took scans from the first
generation prints at sufficient resolution to see the film grains (at least
in the 4 by 6 foot prints in the art exhibit). This is way better than using
photoshop.

I'm trying to figure out just what is reflected. One possibility is the MESA
cover, and another is the stand for the video camera. I'm not sure whether
the EASEP had been unloaded (it hadn't been deployed), so that is
possibility.
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/images11.html has links to enhanced images
and some of them show the objects more clearly. From some of the other
photos, I'm pretty sure that one of the bright objects is probably the TV
camera.

Anyone who doesn't think they are studio lights is welcome to help out with
identifying them.


 




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