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I looked at it," recalls Bean. "I thought it was on a slope of 40 degrees. How are we going to get
down there? I remember us talking about it in the cabin, about having to use ropes."
But "it turned out [the ground] was real flat," rejoined Conrad.

What happened? When Conrad and Bean landed, the sun was low in the sky. The top of Surveyor
3 was sunlit, while the bottom was in deep darkness. "I was fooled," says Bean, "because, on Earth,
if something is sunny on one side and very dark on the other, it has to be on a tremendous slope."
In the end, they walked down a gentle 10 degree incline to Surveyor 3--no ropes required.
[Source: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2006/03jan_moonshadows/]

It seems that NASA began to get their story straight on the extremes of shadow and light on the
Moon as the Apollo missions progressed. This was likely due to questions or criticisms they received
regarding some of the photos from early Moon landings. NASA completely bungled things on the
Apollo 11 mission. The image below shows Buzz Aldrin exiting the Lunar Module. The Sun appears
on the far side. The shadows on the ground reveal that the door Aldrin is exiting is almost 180
degrees opposite the Sun. The entire side of the Lunar Module that is in the image should be in
darkness with little or no detail visible. The only way to account for this image is that it was filmed
on Earth where Rayleigh scattering occurs, and a secondary light source was used to illuminate the
side of the Lunar Module opposite the Sun.

This conclusion is further supported by additional images which show Aldrin exiting the Lunar
Module. The following image, designated AS11-40-5866, is one of the most frequently cited
examples of NASA having faked the Apollo Moon landings. Aside from the remarkable clarity of
detail on what is the shadow side of the Lunar Module, there is a visible lighting hot spot on the heel
of Buzz Aldrin’s right boot. The heel of the boot is facing away from the Sun, and the light reflection
can only be accounted for through the use of a light source pointed toward the side of the Lunar
Module the astronaut is descending.