Wide field camera: frame 1

Three days ago, on the last day of my recent exploration of the site, I was handed two small canisters of film.  It is well-known that the programme used, unusually, specially-produced K-11 and then K-12 process reversal film, as well as some B/W emulsions.  Some few images from the programme may still be found, despite the johnsonist's attempt to rewrite history.

The canisters I was given contained one roll of Kodachrome and one of B/W film.  It is widely, believed that Kodachrome can no longer be processed: this is something that it is convenient for certain people should be true.  It is, of course, false and I am fortunate to have certain contacts within various organisations who were willing to attempt to process the film for me.

Although the canister had been exposed to considerable heat, and the film is stock is half a century old, eight images were recoverable from the roll of Kodachrome.  Unfortunately only one image is present on the B/W stock: the film appears undamaged but perhaps something intervened after the first frame was made.

I will present the images in the order they were taken.  No telemetry or edge markings indicate the exact timeline.  These images appear to originate from the sixth mission – the lost mission as it was known.  It is not known how or when the canisters were recovered and I will not speculate on this, although I believe it may be very closely related to the exact nature of the current occupants of the site.

This first image seems to have been made while the vehicle was aloft, and presumably rotating.  Initial analysis of the image indicates a most unusual spectrum.  More detailed analysis is underway, but one thing is clear: the sixth mission was not lost, and this image was not made on Earth.