# The Eagle has been photographed (Apollo 11) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 17, 2009, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eagle-has-been-photographed-apollo-11/503351 "2009-07-17T16:23:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eagle-has-been-photographed-apollo-11/503351/1 "2009-07-17T16:23:36Z")
I _think_ that [this pic](http://images.spaceref.com/news/2009/image.compare.s.jpg) (found via the Bad Astronomy message board) gives a first glimpse of the Apollo 11 landing site from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - the first time it has been directly imaged. Cool! Edit: yep - now official on the LRO site… [Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter | NASA](http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/main/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eagle-has-been-photographed-apollo-11/503351/2 "2009-07-17T16:32:47Z")
In fact 5 of the 6 sites have been imaged. > **[LRO Sees Apollo Landing Sites](https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/multimedia/lroimages/apollosites.html)** > > NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has returned its first imagery of the Apollo moon landing sites. The pictures show the Apollo missions' lunar module descent stages sitting on the moon's surface, as long shadows from a low sun angle make... Check out the Apollo 14 one - you can even make out the trails of footprints left by the astronauts! ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eagle-has-been-photographed-apollo-11/503351/3 "2009-07-17T17:40:06Z")
Wow - footprints. Just like my astronomy books when I was a kid said would still be there. Very cool. Thanks for sharing. ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eagle-has-been-photographed-apollo-11/503351/4 "2009-07-17T18:15:21Z")
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has photographed some of the Apollo landing sites showing equipment, footprints and the LEM. [http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/](http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/) ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eagle-has-been-photographed-apollo-11/503351/5 "2009-07-17T18:18:19Z")
Sorry, I did not see the other Apollo thread. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eagle-has-been-photographed-apollo-11/503351/6 "2009-07-17T19:31:34Z")
And the LRO is suspended from the ceiling of the studio. 😃 Thanks for posting this. Very cool. ---
**Author:** ![filling\_pages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b9bd4f/32.png) [@filling\_pages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filling_pages)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eagle-has-been-photographed-apollo-11/503351/7 "2009-07-17T20:24:18Z")
You know, every now and then I see something like this and think, hey! Man went to the moon! That great big rock in the sky that, for centuries, was a god or a source of magic or just a hole in the firmament. A bunch of people put their heads together, strapped some brave souls to a rocket, and people walked around up there! It kind of makes me proud, in a brotherhood of man kind of way. And very awed. ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eagle-has-been-photographed-apollo-11/503351/8 "2009-07-17T20:24:54Z")
Isn’t Photoshop wonderful? What? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eagle-has-been-photographed-apollo-11/503351/9 "2009-07-17T20:55:46Z")
The shadows are all wrong! ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eagle-has-been-photographed-apollo-11/503351/10 "2009-07-17T20:57:02Z")
One word of advice: Try not to think of this in terms of the deniers. They live in their own world and will not be swayed by petty things like evidence and logic. Make this about the science and the achievements of the human species. It was an amazing accomplishment, even if some people can’t accept it. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eagle-has-been-photographed-apollo-11/503351/11 "2009-07-17T20:59:54Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > One word of advice: Try not to think of this in terms of the deniers. They live in their own world and will not be swayed by petty things like evidence and logic. Make this about the science and the achievements of the human species. It was an amazing accomplishment, even if some people can’t accept it. I agree. I pledge to not make any more ‘it didn’t happen’ jokes. It’s so 2001, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eagle-has-been-photographed-apollo-11/503351/12 "2009-07-17T21:01:50Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > In fact 5 of the 6 sites have been imaged. > > [http://www.nasa.gov/mission\_pages/LRO/multimedia/lroimages/apollosites.html](http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/multimedia/lroimages/apollosites.html) > > Check out the Apollo 14 one - you can even make out the trails of footprints left by the astronauts! If foot prints are showing but lunar dune buggy tracks arent this is gonna give the deniers another whole generation of ammo ! Uggh! ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eagle-has-been-photographed-apollo-11/503351/13 "2009-07-17T21:22:15Z")
I don’t _think_ they had the dune buggy things on Apollo 14 - I think those were only on the last couple. Yeah - [15, 16, and 17 only](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_rover). ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eagle-has-been-photographed-apollo-11/503351/14 "2009-07-17T21:33:32Z")
> [@Icerigger](#): > > Sorry, I did not see the other Apollo thread. But it could be photographed from high orbit! You even see the posters’ footprints! It’s so _obvious_! (You think it was all done on a soundstage, don’t you?) 😛 ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eagle-has-been-photographed-apollo-11/503351/15 "2009-07-17T21:34:32Z")
Actually, the [large version of the Apollo 17 picture](http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/369444main_lroc_apollo17_lrg.jpg) seems to show lots of astronaut debris (or at least lots of those stark shadows from objects sticking up) all around the module. This is so cool. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eagle-has-been-photographed-apollo-11/503351/16 "2009-07-17T21:35:29Z")
The pictures were obviously faked by NASA in a transparent attempt to validate their patently false ‘moon landing’ hoax. Sheesh… -XT ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eagle-has-been-photographed-apollo-11/503351/17 "2009-07-17T21:38:24Z")
Sorry, **xtisme** did not see all the other ‘itz all a h0ax!’ jokes in the other Apollo thread. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eagle-has-been-photographed-apollo-11/503351/18 "2009-07-17T21:41:46Z")
Totally missed the other thread…I just saw this one pop up on the main forums screen so thought I’d get in my own shot before anyone else did. C’est la vie… -XT ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eagle-has-been-photographed-apollo-11/503351/19 "2009-07-17T21:44:38Z")
> [@bup](#): > > I agree. I pledge to not make any more ‘it didn’t happen’ jokes. **It’s so 2001, anyway**. That was done in a studio, too. 😃 It’s kinda fun to pretend to be a CT nut just for once. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eagle-has-been-photographed-apollo-11/503351/20 "2009-07-17T21:54:58Z")
[mod hat on] I combined the two threads. [mod hat off] [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eagle-has-been-photographed-apollo-11/503351.md?page=2)