Good thread as per usual Mike. It's about time you made a thread, it's fairly quiet when you aren't posting! Also good to see Internos back in the
game
The Luna 13 images definitely look like artificial objects. No pixellation or color highlights. Even when I tried, I just couldn't see them as
anything other than mechanical artifact.
If debris from the Luna 13 soft landing can be ruled out...could it be remnants from the
Luna 8? This craft failed and crashed into the Oceanus Procellarum (Sea of
Storms).
Lunar soft landing attempt failed. Luna 8's objectives were to test a soft lunar landing system and scientific research. Weighing 1,552 kg (3,422
lbs), the spacecraft was following a trajectory close to the calculated one and the equipment was functioning normally. However, the retrofire was
late, and the spacecraft impacted the lunar surface in the Sea of Storms. Tass reported that "the systems were functioning normally at all stages of
the landing except the final touchdown." The mission did complete the experimental development of the star-orientation system and ground control of
radio equipment, flight trajectory, and other instrumentation.
Source
Are we able to rule out the possibility that the impact threw parts of the craft across a particular area?