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American Moon

Can you explain how the rover's wheelscollect so much dirt, to looklike they're covered in...

Can you explain how the rover's wheels
collect so much dirt, to look
like they're covered in mud?

Full Transcript

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Can you explain how the rover's wheels collect so much dirt,
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to look like they're covered in mud?
Duration
8 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
01:55:44
Uploaded
Jun 29, 2025
Genres
documentary, history
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

This documentary examines the authenticity of the photographic record of NASA's Apollo missions.
Can you explain how compact so much lunar dust, - American Moon 00:11
Can you explain how compact so much lunar dust,
Since the mythbusters have replicated conditions on the Moon, - American Moon 00:14
Since the mythbusters have replicated conditions on the Moon...
If true, as many believe, - American Moon 00:13
If true, as many believe,
The simplest trick to achieve this effect - American Moon 00:07
The simplest trick to achieve this effect
Extremely thin, and invisible to the camera, - American Moon 00:10
Extremely thin, and invisible to the camera,
They're still in use today, like in the movie Magnificent Desolation, - American Moon 00:10
They're still in use today, like in the movie Magnifice...
Trapped in a system of pulleys and counterweights, - American Moon 00:12
Trapped in a system of pulleys and counterweights,
Another way to achieve a similar effect - American Moon 00:13
Another way to achieve a similar effect
This has the same effect of reducing the astronauts' weight, - American Moon 00:07
This has the same effect of reducing the astronauts' we...
Although they're normally invisible, to the camera, - American Moon 00:16
Although they're normally invisible, to the camera,
While the astronauts are busy near the LEM, - American Moon 00:08
While the astronauts are busy near the LEM,
The initial flash is definitely caused by the backpack-mounted antenna. - American Moon 00:05
The initial flash is definitely caused by the backpack-mount...
This antenna, long about 30 centimeters, - American Moon 00:06
This antenna, long about 30 centimeters,
But then there's a second flash, right on top of the first, - American Moon 00:10
But then there's a second flash, right on top of the fi...
This is the outline of the astronaut, with the backpack on his back. - American Moon 00:05
This is the outline of the astronaut, with the backpack on h...
This is the antenna that causes the first flash, - American Moon 00:11
This is the antenna that causes the first flash,
There's something else that reflects the light, - American Moon 00:06
There's something else that reflects the light,
And it can't be a lens flare, caused by the first flash, - American Moon 00:10
And it can't be a lens flare, caused by the first flash...
A similar situation was during the Apollo 17 mission. - American Moon 00:05
A similar situation was during the Apollo 17 mission.
Here we also see two flashes from the antenna, - American Moon 00:09
Here we also see two flashes from the antenna,