Apollo 11 Aldrin Descending the Ladder, did Mythbusters get it wrong?

Aldrin is descending into shadow and yet is clealy illuminated. There is supposed to be no secondary light source. The explanation suggested for the clarity of the Astronaut in this image is light reflecting up off the Lunar Surface but this argument seems inconsistent when compared with many other images, as this video suggests. There also appears to be a second light source being reflected on Aldrin's boot heels too. Check the comparison image at the end too. All this pictures have been downloaded from the Archive and are supposed to be unabridged scans from the originals. I wonder if Mythbusters did in fact get this one wrong too.

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• landings

[Chillybeef123]

It's funny, because people don't think of this logically. ANY PERSON who thinks it's a hoax, because there is a "magical fill light" needs to think in the mind of the would be prankster, assuming it would be a hoax. If you try to make a hoax of that scale, why the FUCK would you put a fill light? No one is that fucking stupid

[davechucks]

@N0TYALC Fill lighting you'd assume. The reflections on the boot heels are certainly there.

[PencilStudios]

in the comparison the shadow is allmost the same... it just seems darker on the left bacause the fron of the astronaught is more lit up.. look at the image tho the right... the back of him still has a shadow

[N0TYALC]

@davechucks logic states that if there were 2 light sources, there would also be 2 SHADOWS... soo explain that pl0x

[Cougar139tweak]

Yeah, government can't get it right but still people believe this garbage. If they have suits that protect them from radioactivity take their ass to Pripyat and clean up chernobyl.

[davechucks]

@infinit888 Mythbusters need to do the test again and reproduce those reflections too, just using what was up on the moon.

[infinit888]

@davechucks That is a possible explanation but how can you know if it's the moon surface scattering light, the earth or whatever it is you propose?

[davechucks]

@infinit888 I explained earlier, the reflections on the boot heels suggest another light source.

[infinit888]

@davechucks Perhaps you could point out why you don't agree? That might help me.

[davechucks]

@infinit888 actually you did suggest it quote 'it makes absolute sense that you would select a higher ISO value'. You still don't get this. ISO in Digital Cameras is not the samething as setting Exposure in an Analog camera. Exposure is how much light hits the film or sensor, ISO is a measure of sensitivity to light. I understand your point but I don't agree with it. I hope that clarifies things.