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A rock with a letter on it, like a prop.
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Film crews label their props.
A clear, symmetrical letter on a rock looks like a set-dresser’s label. Prop rocks are numbered or lettered in film studios. If the letter is on a NASA photo, it suggests the rock was placed. [1]
Blog by a planetary scientist comparing print generations of the “C rock” frame.
Check the original, not a copy of a copy.
The Apollo Lunar Surface Journal lists the frame as AS16-107-17446, with a neighbor, 17445, taken moments before. The high-resolution scans of the original show no letter. [1]
The “C” appears in some later prints and scans, at slightly different shapes. The planetary scientist Stuart Robbins compared versions and concluded it was most likely a hair or fiber on the print or scanner. [2]
What we can’t tell you. We did not inspect the original transparency; we rely on NASA’s scans and Robbins’s comparison.
Frame-by-frame catalog of Apollo 16 surface photographs, including AS16-107-17445 and 17446.
Blog by a planetary scientist comparing print generations of the “C rock” frame.
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The C is on some prints but not the original film; it was a hair or fiber in copying.
Who says it: Hoax sites.
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