The moon landing footage analysis I mocked turned out to be right

For years I laughed at people who studied the Apollo 11 film frame by frame. I figured it was all just blurry noise and paranoia. Then last month I watched a 4K restoration where someone pointed out the shadow angles on the lunar module legs. The sun position and the shadow direction just didn't match up, not even close. I pulled up a 3D lighting model in my own software to check it myself. It took me about 2 hours to run the numbers, but the discrepancy was real and consistent across multiple frames. I still don't think it proves a hoax, but it does prove the footage has some serious lighting inconsistencies that NASA never explained. Has anyone else actually run a simulation on these angles, or am I the only one who bothered to check?

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henryp402d ago

Man, that takes some guts to admit when youve been wrong about something like that. I respect that you actually ran the numbers yourself instead of just trusting either side blindly. Sounds like the kind of thing that would make me rewatch the whole mission with fresh eyes too.