Posted on 10/09/2011 11:49:19 PM PDT by Windflier
Apollo Image Atlas
AS15-P-9625
Image Collection: Panoramic
Mission: 15
Magazine: P
Revolution: 38
Latitude / Longitude: 19° S / 117.5° E
Lens Focal Length: 24 inch
Camera Look: Forward
Camera Altitude: 117 km
Sun Elevation: 27°
Stereo Pair: AS15-P-9630
Film Type: 3414
Film Width: 5 inch
Image Width: 45.24 inch
Image Height: 4.5 inch
Film Color: black & white
Index Map: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/apolloindex/apollo15/as15indexmap01/
Feature(s): DELPORTE, SOUTHWEST OF IZSAK, NORTH OF
Ok, I just spent several minutes studying the image again, with your explanation in mind, but I found that I have to reject the bulk of what my eyes are perceiving to see a ridge there.
For one, there is a shadow under the 'nose', which matches an elevated object, perfectly.
Two, the shading on the 'nose' indicates a feature with a smooth conical shape.
I'm sorry, but I'm still seeing a cylindrical object sitting inside a crater-like depression.
Our government has shown that it has great ability to make things go *poof*.
This image has been sitting in the NASA archives since 1971. It’s been widely discussed on the internet since 2007, and so far, no one has been able to positively say what it is, or make the case that it’s something other than what it appears to be.
I wouldn’t be surprised if the Russians also have good photos of this anomaly.
Bell and Hoagland - they'll solve the mystery for us!
True that.
“...nothing should appear smooth or conical, even if it is artificial.”
A smooth and conical geological or natural structure is the result of erosion. Erosion is caused by either wind or water. While there may be ice crystals at the Moon’s south pole, there isn’t any wind or flowing water anywhere on the moon (because the moon doesn’t have an atmosphere). So, the question is, how did this structure become smooth and conical?
Speaking of weird things have you seen this footage supposedly from Wikileaks on youtube and what do you think? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5B2t68yoYy8&feature=related
Looks just like an anomaly to me (I can’t say it but I can spell it!)
[IMG]http://i607.photobucket.com/albums/tt156/dlc123/Goldar.jpg[/IMG] I knew they would never really leave us!
Anyway, this "thing" is entirely natural - it's either a clump of ejecta from some nearby crater or the surface expression of the compressive ridge, which are widespread in the highlands of the Moon. Here's how it looks in Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter images:
The Sun is coming from the opposite direction and the image is oriented 90 degrees ccw from the Apollo pan frame above.
You can personally explore anywhere on the Moon with the LROC Quickview image browser.
Are you sure we are looking at the same thing? Which thing is suppose to be it, the thing near the center bottom of the picture or the several lumps in a row center left?
Thank you.
Do you know how to put the pictures of the areas in question side by side so we can compare them?
I swear it is NOT my fault.
And ping to neat lunar image.
My buddy Occam gots a razor sez it’s natural. Piece of debris from a meteor impact, for instance.
And immediately to the right of the cigar is a half buried alien skull with bullet hole between the eyes.. Hopping place that moon, eh?
Apollo 20 Alien Spaceship Controversy
There is no ship -- this feature is probably part of a highland ridge system.
That would be the Clinton/Lewinsky Crater.
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