Re: What are these white dots on a lunar photo?

[Randy Merritt <cmerritt3@xxxxxxx>]

zerge@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/info.shtml?223
>
> Click on the picture. There's a lot of white dots which are clearly
> some
> sort of noise on the film. Does anybody know why these imperfections
> appear?

The white "lines" in several places do bear a remarkable resemblance to
fingerprints.  How old was the film?  There are also two triangular 
shaped dots that could be defects on the film.  A few more details on
what equipment was used in making these shots might help.  I've recently
completed a series of test shots at half moon using a digital CCD camera
and I have no spurious spots anywhere (which help eliminate internal 
light reflection issues).

The enlarged image looks a bit overexposed.  Deliberate?