72°30'41.04" S 145°30'29.62" WThis older anomaly image has been much discussed on the web as evidence of NASA cover up and 'air brushing'. This clip came from the Clementine Version 1.5 Browser, which has since been replaced by the version 2.0. It does not show up in the color images. Since we have no way of seeing what was under this splotch... that was pretty much the end of the discussion, and since there was no info on which crater this was, it ended up on the back burner. But in a recent thread about the new China Moon mission, Chang'E-2... a Chinese tabloid posted this image in an article claiming the Chinese had taken images of this area and would expose NASA. The article on the original 'news' site is already gone but the story is covered on ATS on this thread. China has found something shocking on the Moon?

 

This is one that you may have seen before I am not the first to find this. It should really blow you away as it did me. I am still looking for the LO slide number so you can download the picture directly without using Google Earth.. Either way I thought you would enjoy. Here are the coordinates. 72°30'41.04" S 145°30'29.62" W Open Google Earth, Switch to Google Moon. Then put those in or type in "Zeeman Crater". Then make sure you have the Lunar Orbiter slides turned on (LEFT MENU). Then switch between that and the Visible Imagery.

A translation of the article... (after much joking about 'Rice Birds' and 'Moon Pidgeons' thanks to Google translation) was offered by XenonTX

Originally posted by XenonTX
中共中央、国务院、中央军委对嫦娥二号工程任务取得圆满成功发贺电，并且举行规格非常高的庆功会，温家宝总 理亲自出席并揭幕照片。这么高的规格，这么隆重的庆功会，非同一般，绝对有故事。

小道消息，爆料了爆料了，路边社消息，嫦娥探月工程发现神秘物体 与NASA发现的一样。说在月亮上发现了不可思议的东西鸟，内部产生了巨大的分歧，国家有关的领导也来看过了，� �是TMD的震惊，终于知道米国人害怕的是什么鸟，里面有个重量级别的人物想公开，但是反对的力量很大！

My translation.

China Communist Central, National Assembly and Chinese Army Committee (pardon on the names) sent congratulation telegraphs over the success of the Chang'e Lunar Mission, and organized a grand celebration function. Wen Jiabao personally attended this function to reveal the photo. (or it may mean to open up the function). Such a grand and high profiled function are not normal and definitely have something behind this event.

A rumor has it that the Chang'e Lunar Exploration found a mysterious object similiar to what NASA have found. Said to be some unbelievable object. The internal committee had a big disparity over this and those important national leaders have all came and viewed it. It is freaking/#ing astonishing, finally know what the # the americans are afraid of. There are important figures who wants to reveal this finding but the forces that oppose this is huge as well.

( kindly note, bird in chinese/ mandarian relates to cock/dick. Which is similar to saying, " what the # that they are afraid of " rather than , "what bird that they are afraid of." )

米国人 - translation would turn this out to be "rice country people" or something. But i summarize it the poster might be typing without editing as it should be 美 "mei" instead of 米 "mi" for americans.

TMD - a short form for a chinese vulgar , a " honorable" way of asking for ur mom.

After all this is a sidestory on the news, you can't expect the language to be in proper chinese or without vulgar to be able to run through a translator.

edit on 12-11-2010 by XenonTX because: addtional explanation.