Why do you guys keep putting these pictures in here for us to look at... we have gone over this a thousand times... ?? nothing to look at but a big rock.. there is nothing to see ... and if your seeing structures... you better have your eyes checked?

Certainly interesting. I can see what looks to be a building although I do wear glasses
Any expert opinions from the clever chaps here at ATS?
Thats a beautiful picture if nothing else. Thanks for sharing it

What would be useful in these threads is if the OP explained in each case why he thinks the photo shows a building/artificial structure and why such an explanation is more probable than alternatives, such as natural features or image artifacts created by the digital processing etc

(that's a general observation btw - not aimed specifically at the OP of this particular thread)

[edit on 8-5-2008 by Essan]

Hey there!

Thanks for the work you did bringing this post forward!

I am not aware of the correct word but, there is a phenomena where humans tend to see shapes and patterns where none exist. Don't get me wrong! There are most defiantly objects in the picture your provided and took the time to enhance. Unfortunatly, IMO, they are rocks. Our minds (mine included) really, really want to see buildings so, our minds tend to “connect the dots” in ways that fit our mental “ideas” of what the images should look like. I hope that makes sense.

Why am I so sure, as a laymen, that there are not structures on the moon?

Amateur astronomers & distance.

First, there are literally tens of thousands of amateur astronomers all over our world. Which means there are tens of thousands of eyes looking towards the heavens, through telescopes, at any given time. So, if there is a reasonable chance of seeing something (anything really, not just structures on the moon), on a fixed, known object – like a planet, or asteroid belt or the moon itself – chances are it would been seen by quite a few people.

Secondly, distance. The moon is very, very close. Reason that matters? Anyone with a reasonable telescope – nothing fancy – can clearly see much of the visible surface of the moon. It doesn't take millions of dollars to acquire a telescope that can clearly see the surface of the moon and with enough resolution to make out any structures, or remains of structures.

So in closing, IMO, you have thousands of astronomers – both professional and amateur – using everything from binoculars to multi-million dollar telescopes to look at the moon every night for as long as there have been binoculars and then telescopes (and long before). Meaning, if there were evidence of structures on the visible portion of the moon, I don't see any reason this wouldn't have been discovered a long, long time ago. In addition, I don't know of any way “they” could keep something like this quiet.

[edit on 8-5-2008 by SlightlyAbovePar]

I see a roughly rectangular white/bright/reflective object. I do not see any doors, windows, fire escapes, smokers nooks or chimneys or anything that would sway me to belive I had seen a building. Maybe it's a big crystal.

"probable" aka likely to be proven true? I don't think so.

I share this image:
there are two enlargements: a bicubic resample and a pixel resize.

Hope this helps