I'm deleting this.

[FourScore]

this is ridiculous.

anyway, I got my question answered. Thank you to those of you who helped me to see the craters.

[slackmaster]

1. They look just fine to me - the light is coming in low from the left in both photos

:shrug:

[Oregone]

2. Proper direction. Other shadows are in craters. Think about it

[FourScore]

10. Yes! of course! I was seeing mountains...

not craters.

[slackmaster]

17. That happens to me all the time

Once you get the wrong interpretation in your head, it's hard to get it out.

[FourScore]

18. Making mountains out of craters...or something like that.

:toast:

[Deja Q]

3. Apollo 11 looks correct... can't see anything one way or the other re: Apollo 15

[Tim01]

4. The shadows look correct. nt

[Iggo]

5. Those are holes, not hills.

Look at it again.

[FourScore]

11. Got it! Thank you !

[sharesunited]

6. Sunlight from the left, shadows cast to the right.

Seems overall consistent to me.

[Ikonoklast]

7. The back sides of the craters are being lit by a low-angle light source.

Entirely consistent.

The light is hitting the far side of the craters, and the near side is in shadow.

Dig a dole in your yard, and fix a post in the ground near it, and watch the shadows as the sun rises.

[Schema Thing]

8. are you confusing innies with outies?

I suspect that what look like bumps are actually depressions in those photos.

[Boddingham]

9. Have these pictures been altered or photoshopped?

Prove it.

[FourScore]

15. delete.

posted this in the wrong place. sorry

[BlooInBloo]

12. Somebody please send this to wherever conspiracy theory threads go to die.

[FourScore]

16. Read the first sentence, you dufus.

Can't a person even ask a question about NASA images? I was genuinely confused.

[parasim]

19. Well, your confusion is consistent with your typical conspiracy theorist's.

You see something you want to see and there it is. Logical explanations are not enough, it seems. Hence, your question.

and also hence, the replies you receive.

[FourScore]

21. Read post 10 and give it a rest.

You're looking for a conspriacy theorist.

[parasim]

24. I'm not looking of any conspiracy theorist...

I was just pointing out why the poster was suggesting this thread should go to the conspiracy dungeon. Assuming the moon is full of mountains instead of craters is somewhat illogical. Conspiracy theorists typically miss such detail in concocting their theories. That's all I'm saying.


on edit: not that you'll be reading this, but I do see that I was accusing you of being a conspiracy theorist, when I should'nt have. It appears that you honestly saw mountains instead of craters and posed a question about that... that's understandable, I apologize for accusing you of being something you are not.

[FourScore]

29. I gladly accept your apology, and really appreciate it!!

What a nice person...

:toast:

[BlooInBloo]

20. Yes - I'm sure some of your best friends are scientists, too.

[FourScore]

23. Huh? I had an honest question and it was answered to my satisfaction.

There is no conspiracy here.

I really don't understand why you are being so insulting, BIB.

[dalaigh lllama]

13. Looks like the sun is shining from the left

thus causing the shadow to the right of the module. Because it's shining from the left, it's illuminating the right side of the craters, while the left side of the craters is in shadow.

[parasim]

14. Yep, you're seeing those pix incorrectly.

Those are craters. The shadows are consistent.

[1]

22. absolute proof!

shadows don't lie.

there was no moon landing...

[trampfoot]

25. I a a little different answer, being that it's my first post. I get a free one right?

What you are looking at there is a little white thing. I have an eye for these things..

[parasim]

26. Welcome to DU, trampfoot!

Wicked first post there.

[FourScore]

28. Best. First. Post. Ever.

Thanks and welcome to DU!

:hi:

[Vidar]

30. You're off to a great start. Welcome to DU.

[havocmom]

27. Nice of you to delete after a whole lotta replies

NOT