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originally posted by: ArMaP
a reply to: wmd_2008
Some years ago there was a thread on ATS with a list of images that were supposedly altered by NASA. I went looking for all of them and most of them were from private sites, not NASA.
But some images with signs of manipulation have appeared on NASA sites, although I have never seen one on the science related sites, only on the more general public related sites. One of such cases is the first image on that video, as you can see here. You can see the editing on the image on that page or on the larger resolution TIFF file.
originally posted by: OneBigMonkeyToo
It's very true that there are many images hosted on NASA sites of the Apollo missions that seem to have been handled by some sort of colour blind chimp. However, there is a big difference between trying to improve an image and deliberately hiding or adding detail. No-one has found any examples of the latter, ever.
originally posted by: OneBigMonkeyToo
My personal view on it is that firstly, the photograph you describe as the original, isn't.
It's been heavily processed. The 'original' one appears to be the one shown as the main image (the 1889x1909 version), which is considerably brighter and sharper than the others.
This is an original scan:
www.flickr.com...
as is this:
tothemoon.ser.asu.edu...-44-6552
which also has the brown colour cast of the moon and that one may have been the source of the version placed on the GAPE site.
The part about trying to convert a digital image to look 'right' is the important bit. Intuitively, while some astronauts describe the moon in some light as being brown in some lighting conditions, we know that overall the moon is grey. Someone has therefore made it grey to match what we see from Earth. Has any information such as a crater, a mountain, or an alien moon base been added or removed? No.
e2a: The original poorly edited TIF is still there, it's under the 'Download options' tab as the 4200x4188 version:
eol.jsc.nasa.gov...
None of the other versions have it the issue identified. You can also see that the Earth has been similarly botched in an attempt to make it look 'right', but the details in it are completely consistent with the satellite record.
originally posted by: OneBigMonkeyToo
Never assume conspiracy when incompetence will suffice
originally posted by: LABTECH767
a reply to: JimOberg
Oh come on man that Lady Donna hair and the others are not lying, of course they are not currently employed by NASA -