I don't think there's anything suspect about his image, I'm just wondering what happened to it. Looks like something happened during scanning. I see similar images that look like they have 'tape' on them.

Beware of 'The Blob'. Apollo 12 encounters the evil Blob that Steve McQueen thought he had defeated.

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On 2002-08-24 05:43, ICUranus wrote: To: 4:50 A.M. HUb'

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http://www.lpi.usra.edu/research/apo...12/46/6868.jpg
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i've said it B4 will say it again it was the U.S.S. CHANTICLEER
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not some as12 .. thats some other picture story: THERE WERE NO PICTURE's.

It looks more to me like a section has been torn out of the top. Perhaps something happened to the photo before it was scanned.

I did notice also that it appears to be the last frame on the roll (as12-46-6868).

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/research/apollo/images/AS12/46/

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/Hi...es12.html#6867

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If I were to venture a guess it would have to be this:

Its a piece of mat board that was poorly cut. Its pretty common practice when making a photographic copy of a print to place some object on the edges of the print to keep it flat. Photographic paper likes to curl and that makes copying a bit tricky unless you do someting to keep the original flat. Glass is a common item used for this BUT it has its drawbacks. Glass it reflective and can cause glare. Glass also has a "color" usually green with will affect the color balance of the copy. I always avoid using it when I can. Many object can be used to flaten a print such as tape which can also be a problem since it could damage the print. In this case I think its cardboard. notice the shadows cast by the edges of cuts on the top of the board.

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Problems like this happen frequently on the first and last frames of each roll. It looks to me like some kind of tape.

The last image on the next magazine has an even more dramatic version of this.


http://www.lpi.usra.edu/research/apo...12/47/7021.jpg

They say this catalog was made by scanning the film with a video camera, so it's probably tape. But I still think it looks more like something cut out than taped on because there's a shadow on the inside under the ragged edge. I suppose it could be just that the tape has an upturned edge however.

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/research/apollo/processing.html

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