# Photos of Apollo landing sites **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 6, 2011, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-of-apollo-landing-sites/595444 "2011-09-06T23:44:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-of-apollo-landing-sites/595444/1 "2011-09-06T23:44:08Z")
These [interesting photos](http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/news/apollo-sites.html) from NASA show excellent detail. I wonder how the moon hoaxers deal with this. Presumably they believe that another generation of NASA folks is dedicated to perpetuating the hoax. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-of-apollo-landing-sites/595444/2 "2011-09-06T23:48:25Z")
Screw the hoaxers… that’s just all kinds of kickass. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-of-apollo-landing-sites/595444/3 "2011-09-06T23:56:05Z")
Any chance they’ll get sharper images of the Apollo 13 landing site. I’d love to see the Aquarius after all these ye… wait, WHAT?! _Why wasn’t I told about this!?_ But seriously, I’d love to see sharper images of the Apollo 11 site. I hope they plan on capturing that. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-of-apollo-landing-sites/595444/4 "2011-09-07T00:36:12Z")
This is cool. I knew the improved images were due but they seemed to be taking their time releasing them. Worth the wait though! ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-of-apollo-landing-sites/595444/5 "2011-09-07T01:45:29Z")
Always been fascinated by the Apollo missions. I keep forgetting that they managed to hit a landing site within walking distance of one of the _Surveyor_ landers. Meanwhile, for some reason in images like these my lying eyes always insist that I am looking at raised bumps in the surface rather than craters. Anyone else find it impossible to view the terrain relief correctly? ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-of-apollo-landing-sites/595444/6 "2011-09-07T01:59:17Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Meanwhile, for some reason in images like these my lying eyes always insist that I am looking at raised bumps in the surface rather than craters. Anyone else find it impossible to view the terrain relief correctly? Yes–if you turn the image upside down, they will usually resolve correctly. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-of-apollo-landing-sites/595444/7 "2011-09-07T02:53:38Z")
The problem is that the pictures still aren’t high enough resolution to convince anyone who actually doubts the moon landings. There are a few ‘things’, ad some ‘tracks’. There’s still no way to tell simply from looking at the pictures out of context that there’s anything man-made in them. They’re still incredibly cool pictures, but they’re not going to convince a single ‘hoaxer’. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-of-apollo-landing-sites/595444/8 "2011-09-07T03:22:34Z")
_Nothing_ will convince a “hoaxer”. No matter how clear the photos they won’t be convinced. They’ll just claim that they’re CGI. Never mind that that would mean that there are still people actively maintaining the hoax generations later. Hell, if you flew them to the moon and showed them the sites up close they’d probably say that they had been drugged and hypnotized. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-of-apollo-landing-sites/595444/9 "2011-09-07T07:37:46Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > Yes–if you turn the image upside down, they will usually resolve correctly. Wrong. You have to look at the image from behind the screen. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-of-apollo-landing-sites/595444/10 "2011-09-07T07:39:56Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Wrong. You have to look at the image from behind the screen. Nun uh. You have to slightly cross your eyes until you see a sailboat. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-of-apollo-landing-sites/595444/11 "2011-09-07T07:53:50Z")
Sailboat? that’s crazy talk, man, it’s a dolphin. ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-of-apollo-landing-sites/595444/12 "2011-09-07T09:20:59Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > I keep forgetting that they managed to hit a landing site within walking distance of one of the _Surveyor_ landers. Beautiful picture of Pete Conrad with the Surveyor 3 probe [here](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/Surveyor_3-Apollo_12.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-of-apollo-landing-sites/595444/13 "2011-09-07T10:27:09Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > _Nothing_ will convince a “hoaxer”. No matter how clear the photos they won’t be convinced. They’ll just claim that they’re CGI. Never mind that that would mean that there are still people actively maintaining the hoax generations later. Almost nothing will convince a hardcore hoaxer, but I’ve had success with convincing a couple that simply didn’t know better by pointing out the sheer number of people that would need to be involved in a conspiracy. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-of-apollo-landing-sites/595444/14 "2011-09-07T18:44:01Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > Sailboat? that’s crazy talk, man, it’s a dolphin. Okay… yeh, I think I’m doing it wrong. Wait, does the dolphin have a huge penis? ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-of-apollo-landing-sites/595444/15 "2011-09-07T18:54:30Z")
Vandals. Who’s going to pay for that damage to the lunar surface? 😛 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-of-apollo-landing-sites/595444/16 "2011-09-07T19:33:47Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Vandals. > > Who’s going to pay for that damage to the lunar surface? 😛 The lunar astronauts could fairly claim it wasn’t exactly in [mint condition](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_craters) before they landed.