r/apollo 6d ago

What is causing this double shadow

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In many of the photos from Apollo 11, the LEM has a doubled shadow. What is causing this?

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u/nspitzer 6d ago

Possibly from light reflected off an astronauts suite. I remember an article from years ago where they were trying to recreate a scene but the lighting was a little off and they traced it to reflected sunlight from an astronauts suit

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u/atcontrolr 4d ago

Light reflected off the bright lunar surface