JayUtah posted:
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... another shows a structure apparently floating in space
The television camera on its tripod. The tripod can be seen in magnifications of the transparency, but isn't generally visible in the low-quality JPEGs used by conspiracists.
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In this case, I believe you are incorrect. I don't know, perhaps you mean a different picture. Just below the text on that page is the picture of Buzz Aldrin taken by Armstrong, with Armstrong's reflection. The object circled and marked "D" is the floating object in question, I believe.
Here is a panarama Buzz took, which is from a slightly different viewpoint, but from the same side as the reflection.
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/Hi...1104333_bm.jpg
You can see the legs of the lander (obscured by Armstrong's PLSS), the Solar Wind Experiment, and the Flag. Compare this to the image from the ALSJ.
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/Hi...-40-5903HR.jpg
This high resolution image shows the visor reflection in good detail. You can see the lander legs, Armstrong, and two objects. The one on the image left is long and boxy, and from the shadow you can tell is the Solar Wind Experiment. The other is the mysterious floating object. This would be the flag. It is floating because the pole does not stand out. It is at a very steep angle, and thus looks very small and is basically a bright spot.
This rectified image reverses it, which puts it in the same orientation as the pan image. The view from Buzz is looking basically down sun.
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/Hi...eil-mirror.jpg
It is in a slightly different position than the pan image. The pan image is from further over to the right, so that the flag is almost perpendicular to the camera view. There is a third object further to the right in the background. That is too far away to be visible in the reflection, and may even be off angle. This other pan image shows the layout from a different perspective, the other side of the LM and flag. It appears the third object is far enough to the side to not show in the reflection.
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/Hi...pan1103147.jpg