fact about apollo

Bill Dines, in his posts #821004, 821005, 821008 and 821010, argues that a series of Apollo 11 photos, showing Buzz Aldrin descending the LM ladder, has been staged. Many of Bill's arguments are directed against the lighting seen in the photos. Although I have some experience in photography, lighting is not my area of expertise; thus, let me direct you to another Web page:

PHOTO ANALYSIS: Buzz's Hot Spot

This Web page, by the authors of Moon Base Clavius, presents what I believe is a very convincing rebuttal to Bill's allegations. In fact, I urge everyone who has an interest in this topic to read the entire Clavius Web site. It contains some fabulous insight and is very well written.

Let us now proceed to the claims of Jack White. In his posts #820802, 820804, 808805, 820806, 820808, 820810, 820812, 820814, 820815, 820817, and 820818, Jack shows us several photos from the Apollo 17 mission, which he claims have been fabricated. After only a few minutes studying these photos, I noticed several fundamental flaws in Jack's arguments.

Let's start by taking a look at the following image, from Jack's post #820806:

Jack claims that the hill on the right is the same in each photo, but even a cursory review shows that it is NOT the same. Below I have identified three distinct features visible in each photo and connected them by red lines. (WARNING! The hoax theorists often make claims of 'identical' backgrounds; however, it usually takes only a few seconds of close examination to identify subtle but distinct differences.