Eratosthenese Crater Anomaly

Gigantic structure in crater Eratosthenes or photographic anomaly?

We're not sure what we found in the Apollo archives but it sure is strange. There is a persistent appearance of hard angles creating, from this angle of view, the likeness of a large cubic structural anomaly located just off the center of Eratosthenes. If it were a reflection, then the shape would overlap different surface details as the spacecraft continued moving but it appears to be stationary.

Considering the multitude of images of this crater taken from Earth, this is more likely a photographic anomaly - a combination of poor exposure and angle of light.

But wait... are we really looking at Eratosthenes in the first and second set of images below? It's quite easy to get image ID's and locations mixed up during multiple missions. The Hasselblad collection is over 20,000 images alone... so even though they are labeled as such in the archive, these images might very well be of another location ---- and I'm not suggesting cover-ups or conspiracies, just regular human error. I've found many a book on the wrong shelf in public libraries and bookstores... :)

The image below is a composite of two Apollo archive photos converted to anaglyph 3D (Red and Blue).
Even without the 3D glasses, you can still see the very large cubic structure positioned at 4 o'clock just outside the center of the crater.

 
 
A sequence of four Apollo images taken of Eratosthenes. Two of these images were combined to make the 3D version above.
 
 
 
 Other Apollo images of Eratosthenes
 
 
 
 

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