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[i]Journal Contributors Owen Merrick, Brian McInall, and Markus Mehring call attention to the fact that, in the high-resolution detail by Thomas Schwagmeier, [URL=https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/a11det5875BuzzFace.jpg]we can see Buzz[/URL] peering over at Neil. In [URL=https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/AS11-40-5874.jpg]5874[/URL] Buzz is facing the flag and saluting; but, by the time Neil takes [URL=https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/AS11-40-5875.jpg]5875[/URL], Buzz has turned his body slightly — and his head a great deal more — to look over to see if Neil has taken the picture, possibly having lowered his right hand in the interim. Normally, the high reflectivity of the gold visor would keep us from seeing Buzz's face but, as Mehring notes, in this case "his face is directly illuminated by the sunlight from the front and at a right angle to the observer's point of view, so it literally shines through the visor, especially because he's sticking his head forward. At different viewing and illumination angles and with his head deeper inside the helmet and less brightly illuminated, reflections off of the visor that would wash out anything behind it. But in this case we're lucky."[/i]
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