The moon landing footage has this one detail nobody seems to catch

I was watching a documentary last week about the Apollo missions and something kept bugging me about the shadows in the moon landing footage. You see, if the sun is the only light source up there, all shadows should be parallel, right? But in some of the famous photos, the shadows from the astronauts and the lunar module are pointing in totally different directions. I pulled up a side-by-side comparison on my laptop and measured the angles. It's like they had multiple light sources, maybe studio lights or something. I'm not saying the whole thing was faked, but that detail makes me wonder if some parts were staged for better visuals. Has anyone else looked into this or am I just seeing things that aren't there?

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veraramirez2d ago

Wait, that detail about the shadows is blowing my mind right now. @evand65 I get what you're saying about the lens thing, but measuring the actual angles seems like pretty solid evidence to me. That's the kind of thing you can't just explain away with camera tricks, you know?

evand652d ago

Perspective distortion from a wide-angle lens can make parallel shadows look like they're pointing different directions.