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Anyone familiar with the Home Planet software, or the Carl Sagan software? Is it possible that either one is in error?

As near as I can tell, Apollo 11 landed fairly near the terminator, in sunlight. The ground would have recently been in shadow, and the surrounding terrain would have cast strong shadows.

Update: I checked all the landing times and sites with SkyMap, and sure enough, all were at sites that were on the terminator just a couple days before--makes the area cooler, more apt to be in sunlight longer, and the relief more pronounced. Of course, they'd say that even if it were faked, right?

So, how does this guy think that a dark landing site would have escaped notice for thirty years?

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