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There is only one source of light on the moon; the sun. This means that shadows cast by the astronauts and their equipment should all be thrown in the same direction and at the same angle. Ahhh! So far, so obvious, right? But the photos taken on the moon don't show this! |
Unfortunately our hoax geek can't quite grasp what happens to shadows when they are cast over an uneven surface. Perhaps he thinks the moon is billiard ball smooth?
Here's an example of the many, many images that are sited as proving this theory:
The shadow of one astronaut is longer and at a different angle to the other. This obviously proves that more than one light source was used to light the scene. So it was faked on a spot-lit set on earth.
It's amazing that anyone with any
capability for reasoning could come up with this guff. Not only does
everyday common sense disprove it, but anyone can demonstrate it to be false.
Two simple diagrams:
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Same angle to the sun, same height of astronaut. Yet the shadow in diagram 2 is noticeably longer because it is primarily sloping downhill. If it was sloping uphill it would be noticeably shorter.
The same principle applies to the angle the shadow casts across the Moon's surface. If the slope was also from left to right the shadow would also be elongated in this direction. On a two dimensional photograph it would appear to be at a different angle.
You might also want to ask; if the astronauts are lit by two different off-shot light sources, therefore having shadows at different angles, why doesn't each astronaut have two shadows?
Quite simple the 'evidence' of the shadows prove nothing other than how uneven the Moon is and how sharp and obvious a shadow is cast when there is no atmosphere to diffuse light. Indeed they are actually useful in giving a picture of a three dimensional world in two dimensional images.
Parallel lines in all photographs demonstrate the principle of a vanishing point. This is a universal law of our perception of the universe, regardless of where you are, and a fundamental part of any flat representation of three dimensions. Many of the 'flaws' presented about the directions of the photographed shadows is a result of the angles pointing towards the vanishing point rather than being parallel. This is easily reproduced in photographs on Earth. Any decent photographer knows this, and will frequently use this as a way of emphasising depth in the field of view. The fact that many hoax geeks don't know this, or conveniently ignore it, speaks volumes on the value of their opinions.
Here's a photo I took myself. Yes, it is 100% guaranteed not to been shot on the moon. It's not been retouched or altered in any way apart from the addition of the red arrows and text.
A little scene was lit by a single light source 3.5 Metres away. That's not exactly the distance to the sun, but when you take the scale of the model "astronauts" into account it equates to about 84 metres . This light source was also quite a bit dimmer than lunar sunlight.
But wait! If this was light by a single distant light source, shouldn't all the shadows be going the same way??? Yet anyone can see that the shadows appear to be going in different directions! And even if the light source wasn't far enough away to count as being infinity, shouldn't the shadows be diverging? But here they're converging!! And the one on the left is significantly longer than the other! It all makes no sense!
The answer is, of course, due to the slopes on my "lunar surface". I know, because I designed them that way, but you can't really tell from this 2D photograph. The shadow on the left is going the direction you'd expect, but downhill. The shadow on the right is going slightly uphill at an angle, and so appears to be in a different direction. Curiously, if you saw this in real life it wouldn't appear odd to you at all. It's only once your three dimensional judgement is removed that things appear to go peculiar. But that's photography for you!
But wait, there's more! The light is coming from behind the astronauts, yet you can see their front! Why aren't they just shadows? What's going on!??
This has nothing to do with the atmosphere on Earth bending or reflecting the light. We're working at way too small a scale for that to be a factor. The reason you can see the front of the astronauts and the lander is for exactly the same reason you can see them in the Apollo photos. There is light reflecting off my "lunar surface" and providing infill lighting.
So there's nothing false about my photo any more that the Apollo photos. Well, apart from the fact on mine the astronauts are paper and the lunar surface is made of newspaper and a bin liner. All our hoax geeks are shouting "facts" about shadows that they've no experience of and have never even tried to prove themselves.
