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Photograph Anomolies
An interesting sideline of all the photographs taken by the Moon astronauts are a surprising number of anomolies.

Ask anyone what the most technological advancement made by humankind throughout its relatively short history, and probably the most favoured response would be that of the moon landings at the end of the 1960's and into the early 1970's. For me, as a teenager at the time, I became tremendously engrossed in what was happening in the world of space exploration, and many an enthralling hour (often throughout the night and into the early hours of the morning) was spent glued to our sole black & white television set. The 1960's was a time of excitement and optimism. The century was two-thirds through and there was a lot to look forward to. If such progress coud be made up to this point, just think of what opportunities lay ahead in the next three decades leading up to the 21st century. The media: TV programmes in particular, was full of these exciting prospects and the future held out its arms temptingly in an effort to give us its best.
Is it that people have become more and more cynical over the past thirty years? Perhaps so. With the dawn of a new century and the Third Millennium, the future doesn't look as rosy. Wars still happen almost as a daily occurrence throughout the world; malnutrition, homelessness, disease and poor life chances still affect many millions of the world's six-billion plus inhabitants, even though the richer countries have in their power to eradicate much of the misery that is all around us. Individuals feel cut off, isolated and disenfranchised from events around them. No wonder there has become a greater disillusionment and mistrust of governments who are seen as distant, corrupt  and unapproachable, out to further their own interests and line their own pockets. It is in a scenario like this that people begin to ask questions about what is happening around them - looking at their past in particular, as the future seems too far distant and unmalleable. The Internet has not only allowed questions to be asked in a way like never before, but information is now obtained more easily than ever before. At the click of a button, Internet users can take a virtual trip around the world, delving into libraries on a whim. Information can be gleaned, stored, sieved and sorted for interest and relevance. Differing viewpoints can now be obtained much quicker than travelling to a public library, and a wealth of knowledge built up often within minutes. 'Information overload' is the buzz word of the moment, but data can be stored easily on computers and other mediums for later viewing and assessment. No wonder the Net is so popular and pervasive; probably not since the 1960's have we had such an important technological advancement. Cynics here might say 'sure thing' but it's only another form of social control - first there was religion, then TV and now the World Wide Web - all 'designed' to keep us in our place. I agree emphatically, but for the first time ever, the Net has provided (for those who can afford the equipment) the oportunity to take control just a little bit of their lives. In the UK, one would be silly to pay anything at all to access the knowledge that is contained throughout the computerised world in binary form. The medium is in effect free to those who care to use it in order to further their knowledge and to promulgate that new-found knowledge to the world. In years gone by, opinions could only be disseminated by way of newspaper or magazine editors; by academic authorities eager to inform other like-minded individuals of new theories and hypotheses; by little-read articles in specialist publications; or by word of mouth. Now the world's an oyster for those who have something to say...

So why have I brought you so far in all of this? Because it is only over the past couple of years - since I personally had access to the Internet - that I have been thinking about the past and historical events that have been drawn in indellible ink in our history books. There are many questions that I would like answers to - too often I feel that the truth is shielded from us or 'moulded' to fit our requirements at the time. What actually happens in the world and what we are told are often two entirely different matters. Thankfully, because of the Internet, we now have the facility to vary our diet other than that of our normal ingestion of spoon-feeding... if only we choose to do so. Even if questions cannot be answered the way that we would choose them to be answered, at least we now have the opportunity to at least ask them and make our thoughts and feelings known. The authorities are not some sort of unreachable 'concept' - they are our representatives. More importantly, they are our counterparts. It is only with constant bombardment of questions and making our feelings and thoughts known, that answers can be gained. Once answers are gained, then the ball starts to move forward thus opening up a more honest culture. Idealistic, yes... but all good things have to start somewhere even with a lot of complacency about!

My knowledge, beliefs and opinions have been swayed and coloured since the Apollo space exploration programme of thirty years' ago. Believing what I had been told and had seen with my own eyes has had a big impact on the person that I became. However, since I have begun asking questions about the moon landings and finding answers that I don't feel comfortable with, I have changed my viewpoints somewhat.


Whilst I believe that probably the US government, through its space exploration agency NASA did land on the Moon wth a human cargo for the very first time on 21 July 1969, I feel that all is not as it seems. Through the following pages I shall try to point out (notice that I don't use the word 'prove') the discrepancies and anomolies that have come to light over the past few years. I'm not a naïve person by any means, in fact I consider myself to be reasonably intelligent. But the information on the following pages, are far as I'm concerned, is just a slap in the face as far as anyone with a bit of common sense or intellect is concerned.

Some of the original NASA photographs are quite large (around 75cms x 60 cms) and thus cannot be reproduced here.  By the time they have been copied, reduced in size and compressed to be able to be downloaded quickly and easily, images can become pretty meaningless. In many cases, researchers are left little more than 'smudges' and 'bIurs' with which to decipher. However, in constructing these pages I have chosen the best-quality images that I can find. Often, by clicking on images, enhanced versions can be viewed.

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