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Offline Hoonte

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Strange saturn V picture
« on: 02/24/2009 11:18 am »
Is it me or does the Saturn V look to 'thin' on this picture of Lovell in front of A13. Looking at the shoulders of Jim the picture doesn't seem to be altered.
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Re: Strange saturn V picture
« Reply #1 on: 02/24/2009 01:53 pm »
It's out of focus and with the brighter sky around it, the fuzziness eats "into" the vehicle, making it look thinner than it is. Also, you don't see either the top or the bottom of the rocket and human eye/brain has a tendency to "extend" the missing portions.

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Re: Strange saturn V picture
« Reply #2 on: 02/25/2009 06:23 am »
Yes, ugordon has described it perfectly -- my mind is trying to convince me that the Saturn V is far taller than it actually is shown to be in the photo.
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Re: Strange saturn V picture
« Reply #3 on: 02/25/2009 06:39 am »
Great picture in any event.  Has to be the mind playing tricks, as it for sure is not a Saturn V (off steroids!)
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Re: Strange saturn V picture
« Reply #4 on: 02/25/2009 03:16 pm »
Great picture in any event.  Has to be the mind playing tricks, as it for sure is not a Saturn V (off steroids!)

Why do you say that?  For sure it IS a Saturn V.
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Re: Strange saturn V picture
« Reply #5 on: 02/25/2009 03:52 pm »
Generally bright sunlight eats into a vehicle if the vehicle reflection is as
bright as the sky ie stainless steel Atlas is a good example in low sun angles in cloudless skies. I am not sure I see a bright sky here eating into the diameter of Saturn 5. Maybe more study on my part is needed.
My impression is this is an overcast day.
« Last Edit: 02/25/2009 03:54 pm by Art LeBrun »
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Re: Strange saturn V picture
« Reply #6 on: 02/25/2009 08:04 pm »
Its the same effect when you see the Moon (or even the Sun) near the horizon.  The Moon looks just huge, but its all an optical illusion that your brain is creating.  It sees the Moon near things that you know are a certain size and thinks "WOW!  We know the moon is bigger than a tree so it must be REALLY REALLY close" and it makes it look big.


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Re: Strange saturn V picture
« Reply #7 on: 02/26/2009 12:38 am »
...Kids, from my view, it looks as if the image *is* a little squeezed. I don' t think it's a case of the background washing into the white paint on the S-V stack based on the black roll patterns on the S-1C stage. It would have to be *just* right for the pattern to allow for this, and based on the known positioning of the A13 stack, it doesn't appear to be the case.

...What we need is to see an original PAO-released *print* of the image for comparison, as this may be the result of a scanning artifact.

Anyone got the PAO # for this image?

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