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Warning: I found a weird detail about the 'moon landing hoax' photo evidence
I was reading an old forum thread from 2008 and someone pointed out that in one famous photo, the crosshairs appear behind an object, not in front. The thread claimed this was proof of photo editing. Has anyone else looked into this specific technical argument and found a solid explanation?
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flores.mark6d ago
Oh man, that exact thing got me years ago. I saw a video breaking down how the crosshairs looked like they were behind the flag or an astronaut's arm, and my mind was totally blown. It seemed like such a clear smoking gun for photo editing. The explanation I finally found, and this makes sense if you think about how old cameras worked, is that those crosshairs were etched onto a glass plate inside the camera. When something very bright and white, like the flag in full sunlight, was overexposed, the light would basically "bleed" over the thin black lines, making them disappear. So it's not behind the object, the bright light is just washing it out.
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gray3146d agoMost Upvoted
Right, because the first thing you do when faking the moon landing is forget to Photoshop the little plus signs onto the flag. That's totally how a massive government cover-up would trip up! It's funny how the "proof" always comes down to not knowing how cameras from the 60s actually worked.
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lucashenderson5d ago
Yeah, that part about the light bleeding over the lines makes sense... but then how come the crosshairs are still perfectly visible on other bright white parts of the suit or the lander in some shots? It seems like it would wash them out everywhere if it was just overexposure. Was the flag material just that much more reflective?
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