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Apollo 8 Photos of the Moon with Anamolies

-- | July 7, 2012

Question: Do you have an explanation for these pictures? There is a kind of glitch on them
http://history.nasa.gov/ap08fj/photos/13-e/med/as08-13-2380.jpg
http://history.nasa.gov/ap08fj/photos/13-e/med/as08-13-2382.jpg

Thank You — Don

Answer: These are photos taken by the Apollo 8 astronauts using a 70mm camera from inside their capsule. I can think of several possible explanations for the whispy features on these photos, including reflection from the glass through which the photo was taken, or an artifact introduced when the photo was converted from film to digital.

Jeff Mangum

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