Timeline for What caused the “rake marks” in moon photos?
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| May 7, 2023 at 9:16 | history | edited | Nilay Ghosh | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 23, 2023 at 11:30 | comment | added | asdfex | Could you add some markers to the structures you refer to? I have no idea... | |
| Feb 22, 2023 at 23:34 | comment | added | Justin Morgan | @DavidHammen no, not those. If you zoom in you can just barely see faint lines in the soil. You really have to look for them, though. | |
| Feb 22, 2023 at 21:34 | comment | added | David Hammen | Are you asking about the crossed line segments? If so, those are fiduciary marks that were built into the cameras used by the Apollo astronauts. | |
| Feb 22, 2023 at 17:00 | answer | added | Deko Revinio | timeline score: 4 | |
| Feb 22, 2023 at 16:55 | comment | added | antlersoft | It looks like both these photos were taken quite close to the lander; I'd guess the lines were directed away from the lander's landing track and represent the tracks of pebbles and small debris kicked up by the lander's rocket exhaust during landing. | |
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| S Feb 22, 2023 at 15:17 | history | asked | Justin Morgan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |