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Fig. 6: The Phantom Cameraman NASA's official title of this picture is "Astronaut Collecting Lunar Samples, Apollo XII". NASA contends that Pete Conrad took this photo of Al Bean on 20th October 1969. The NASA reference number is AS12-49-7278. At any one time there were only two men on the Moon. Yet, as reflected in Bean's face-plate under magnification, Conrad is carrying no camera. Conrad has his left arm straight down and his right elbow is down with his hand near his navel. We see a flat background surface with the horizon sharply delineated. On Bean's visor we see Conrad and the horizon behind him closely matching the real one. If we examine Bean's shadow as reflected in his visor, we know by its length that he is less than 10 feet away from Conrad. Therefore, we know there is no steep hill between them. But the camera on Bean's chest is being viewed from at least eight feet above the ground. Since there is no stand reflected between Bean and Conrad, apparently a camera boom was used, or the man on the Moon is 10 feet tall and invisible. Here is a list of other anomalies: * On the upper left edge are two structural pieces that slant toward the ground and seem to be holding a spotlight. The ground between that spotlight and Bean is unevenly lit, but the brightest area is around him. This is consistent with a spotlight. The ground in back of Conrad is extremely well-lit, which is also consistent with studio spotlights. * Bean is holding in his right hand a polished piece of metal tubing that has no shadow side. Was a flash used in sunlight that is 20 per cent brighter than Earth? * There is a second shadow that extends from Conrad, forward and to his right. It is almost 180 degrees away from his regular shadow. NASA never told us that our solar system has two suns. I consider this picture to be one of the most flawed of NASA's Apollo Project's filmed documentation because there are so many things wrong with it. A picture is composed only of light and shadow, and, by definition, the shadow must be on the shady side away from the light source. NEXUS ¢ 47 AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1995 °