This photo has been used as evidence that the moon missions are a hoax. I am a big believer in checking things out for myself. So let's have a look together, at the image.
The argument that is made is that Neil Armstrong didn't take this photo. You see that black image just to the left of center? Proponents of the conspiracy theory say that this is a photographer who was kneeling in front of Aldrin and took this photo.
I'm not sure if Armstrong could have taken this photo from so far away. But as for the photographer in black; that looks like Aldrin's own shadow. I think the mystery of the third man in the photo is that it is not a man at all, and certainly not a crouching photographer. This image is an elongated shadow.
The argument that is made is that Neil Armstrong didn't take this photo. You see that black image just to the left of center? Proponents of the conspiracy theory say that this is a photographer who was kneeling in front of Aldrin and took this photo.
I'm not sure if Armstrong could have taken this photo from so far away. But as for the photographer in black; that looks like Aldrin's own shadow. I think the mystery of the third man in the photo is that it is not a man at all, and certainly not a crouching photographer. This image is an elongated shadow.