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reply posted on 22-3-2007 @ 01:28 AM by zorgon
Originally posted by anathema777
Anyone wanna help me identify what the hell that circle is up in the top right of this moon photo?


Not having any luck with the circle in the top right...

Here is what I have on that image...



The Image number is AP970509. It is a self portrait taken by Conrad for publicity. In the original appearance it was exhibited very dark.

"Explanation: Is it art? In November of 1969, Apollo 12 astronaut photographer Charles "Pete" Conrad recorded this masterpiece while documenting colleague Alan Bean's lunar soil collection activities on the Oceanus Procellarum. The image is dramatic and stark. Bean is faceless - the harsh environment of the Moon's Ocean of Storms is echoed in his helmet's perfectly composed reflection of Conrad and the lunar horizon. Works of photojournalists originally intent on recording the human condition on planet Earth, such as Lewis W. Hine and Margaret Bourke-White are widely regarded as photographic art. Similarly many documentary astronomy and space images can be appreciated for their artistic and esthetic appeal."

SOURCE APOD




Peekaboo... When enhanced, the above result appears in the photo. I get the same result from different versions of the photo from various sources.

The above labels speak for themselves on what I see in this image so far. I can not make out anything in the "haze" at the top to form an opinion. My biggest problem with this image is that the smallest rock leaves a sharp black shadow, yet the camera on his chest leaves none...

The Earth is very small in this image, in direct contrast to others we have seen. But in this image the sunlight is from the left, slightly behind bean... so why is the terminator on Earth on the LEFT side?

Here is a larger version



reply posted on 22-3-2007 @ 02:50 PM by zorgon
Originally posted by elevatedone
Makes me wonder why more "amature" astronomers have not "seen the light"....

I might have to buy a telescope and get involved...


Because most don't even try. Now with the advent of good quality digital cameras its getting easier. I wrote to a guy with a 16" in the Bahamas and asked him about taking a color shot... here is his reply:

Have you ever tried it Ron?

This is about as coloured as it gets Ron.



Two reasons for the yellow , 1 the sun is a bit yellow 2. the atmosphere pinches some blue .

1. It is possible to do an RGB image of the moon , but as it comes out pretty well mono,it a bit of a wasted effort. BUT saying that, I will try it when the Moon is lowish, to see if it has a little more lustre than the rather flat looking added yellow of the attached image.

Maximum resolution for me, comes from imaging it with a red filter as this longer wavelength is less upset by the turbulent atmosphere.

cheers

Dave Tyler

I then sent him Mikes images and I never heard back..


reply posted on 22-3-2007 @ 07:57 PM by anathema777
Originally posted by zorgon
Originally posted by anathema777
Anyone wanna help me identify what the hell that circle is up in the top right of this moon photo?


Not having any luck with the circle in the top right...

Here is what I have on that image...



Peekaboo... When enhanced, the above result appears in the photo. I get the same result from different versions of the photo from various sources.


Dude you did a kick ass job of taking that picture I posted a part. Glad we both see the same peakaboo, and if the bright object on the left is the Earth then what in gods name is that circle? I can say one thing for sure, it's not "nothing", it's for sure "something". Is this picture created with layers of other pictures? I just can't wrap my head around what that object might be. I'm about to contact NASA about this one. Any advice as to what route to take in this matter bud?

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reply posted on 22-3-2007 @ 10:30 PM by VType
Originally posted by zorgon
Originally posted by elevatedone

It hit me right in the face...
You mean to tell me that we have telescopes that can take pictures of different Galaxies, but not one that would show these "objects" on the moon?
Just doesn't make sense to me.


Ah isn't enlightenment a wonderful thing?

Just to recap... and because I Love these pictures... and I think they were in the Clementine thread...

Aristarchus Crater Clementine Satellite 1994 Supposedly "false" color well not going there again... 200 million dollar satellite...



Aristarchus Crater Mike's Astroimagery United Kingdom, 10" Telescope Dec 2005... Less than $1,000.00 ...at US prices...



Ummm so why is his picture, taken with poor viewing conditions better than the satelllte image?

Getting the picture yet?



LOL welcome to the awakening


Now those are what the Clementine images should have been.
Cmon NASA what gives.
And I still see some missed odddities in the current Clementine color 40 xx images available from Nasa. Heres a link to my Interesting Images of Moon annomolies and etc...
new.photos.yahoo.com...


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