Here are some more comments, because I want to close the tabs with the pictures:
I find lots of inconsistencies between these photographs.
They don't seem to be two consecutive pictures, because of all the differences between them.
The ladder and the door of the picture on the left are much wider than the other one.
There is a blue triangle in one picture and none in the other one.
There is a white thing on the first picture and none in the other one.
The United States plate is sort of bigger in the first picture than in the other one.
It also remains in the same place even if the picture rotates.
Here are high-resolution scans of those two pictures:
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a11/AS11-40-5862HR.jpghttp://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a11/AS11-40-5863HR.jpgIt is really easy to notice that the first picture was made from a position closer to the lander, almost at the foot of the ladder, and that the second one is made from further away and to the side. They are consecutive pictures, with some time elapsed between them. Armstrong probably decided to move away to free the spot in front of the ladder and give a side view of Aldrin's exit. (Otherwise, most of the photos would be showing Aldrin's ass.)
The apparent widths of the door and the ladder change because of the different distance and different angle.
The "blue triangle" is the triangular window of the LM. It's dark in the first picture, and in the second picture, it reflects a piece of moonscape. The difference is again due to the different position of the photographer.
The "white thing" is a shiny surface on the side of the LM, probably on the fuel tank. The whole length of the cylindrical side of the "front part" of the LM is visible. On the second picture, only a part of the side of the cylinder is visible, and a possible view of the same shiny spot is blocked by the jet deflection skirt of the RCS thrusters.
The "United States" decal is bigger in the first picture, because it was closer to the camera than in the second picture. Its position does change, though not by much. It was attached to a surface that was at an angle to the photographer in both cases.
How can Buzz Aldrin be different sizes?
He should be the same height, wherever he is, and not a tall man in a picture and a tiny one in another one, unless he's a shape shifting moonman
No, he shouldn't be the same height. His apparent size will vary with distance to the camera. The same applies to the other objects in the scene. Do you know perspective works,
Eternidad?
Here are the high-resolution scans of those two pictures of Apollo 17:
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a17/AS17-148-22756HR.jpg - this is an extreme close up of the Command Module,showing the aluminium-covered strips on its surface
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a17/AS17-145-22272HR.jpg - this is the Command Module some time before docking (the usual dishonest tricks are in place - only a cropped version of the second picture is presented, rotated and scaled to create the illusion that both pictures were made from the same distance to the CM)
The purpose of the shiny covering is the same as the purpose of the "shiny foil" on the LM - thermal control. It reflects the heat radiation of the Sun back into space. (For the same reason the insides of thermos bottles are mirror-like.)
The strips are visible in the first picture only because of the extremely small distance and the angle of illumination. On the second picture, the CM is far away and the picture is a bit blurred (out of focus?), which makes small details harder to distinguish. Also, that particular part of the CM is illuminated by the Moon with even color (look at the high resolution picture linked above) - that's why is looks evenly gray. It's possible to see striping on the second picture on the sunlit part of the CM, though it's less distinct due to the greater distance and the blurring.
