Saw a video claiming the moon landing was faked using a soundstage in Area 51, but the shadows in the footage don't match the supposed lighting rigs they'd need, what do you make of that?

The guy pointed out how the flag ripples like it's in wind but there's no air, and the shadow angles jump between shots taken minutes apart, but I keep thinking if it was faked why leave such obvious clues, has anyone else tried to fact-check the specific shadow geometry from the Apollo 11 photos?

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ellis.faith1mo agoMost Upvoted

Right there with you! The shadow math never adds up no matter how you slice it.

blair_taylor321mo ago

Apollo 11 photo AS11-40-5878 is the one that gets me - the shadow of the lunar module points left while the flag shadow points right, which means two different light sources. I looked up the sun position at the time of landing and it was low on the horizon, but those shadows suggest a light maybe 20 feet up. If you want to check it yourself, print out the photo and draw straight lines from the tip of each shadow to the base of the object, see if they meet at one point.

the_alice1mo ago

Wait, aren't the sun and moon shadows supposed to converge at different points cause the ground isn't flat?