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Now lets turn on the lights...

Courtesy NASA/JPL

Courtesy NASA/JPL

Cinder Lake lies just south of Sunset Crater, northeast of Flagstaff Arizona. Access to it can be had from several directions, but the best seems to be forest road 776 which is marked as the "Cinder Hills ORV area" on a sign along highway 89 just south of the turnoff into the Sunset Crater National Park.

In the 1960s, the Astrogeology branch of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) in Flagstaff created an artificial crater field at Cinder Lake in order to train astronauts as well as test equipment and techniques for lunar exploration. They used a Lunar Orbiter image to re-create an actual lunar landscape by setting off charges of the right size to make craters of the right size, as well as setting them off in the proper sequence to get the overlaying ejecta layed out in the same order as seen in the lunar image. 

SOURCE: LPL University of Arizona

The following images and Link about Cinder Lake look just like a Movie Set complete with Special Effects

Excerpt:

 Starting in 1963, the Astrogeology Research Program played an important role in training astronauts destined to explore the lunar surface and in supporting the testing of equipment for both manned and unmanned missions.

As part of the astronauts' training, USGS and NASA geoscientists gave lectures and field trips during the 1960's and early 1970's to teach astronauts the basics of terrestrial and lunar geology. Field trips included excursions into the Grand Canyon to demonstrate the development of geologic structure over time; Lowell Observatory (Flagstaff) and Kitt Peak National Observatory (Tucson); Meteor Crater east of Flagstaff ; and Sunset Crater cinder cone and nearby lava flows in the Flagstaff area. This training was essential to giving astronauts the skills and understanding to make observations about what they would see on the lunar surface and to collect samples for later study back on Earth.

The volcanic fields around Flagstaff have proven particularly useful in testing equipment and training astronauts. Cameras planned for use in the Surveyor project were tested on the Bonito Flow in Sunset Crater National Park because the lava flow appeared to be similar to flows on the lunar surface. A field of artificial impact craters were created in the Cinder Lakes volcanic field near Flagstaff to create a surface similar to the proposed first manned American landing site on the Moon. 
 

Cinder Lakes, Flagstaff Blasting craters in the cinder field to create a  Moon-like terrain

Meteor Crater, Arizona Gene Shoemaker training astronauts

Cinder Lakes, Flagstaff, Arizona An aerial view of the resulting crater field

Gene Shoemaker wearing a rocket belt

Overhead shot of the re-created lunar surface for the IMAX 3D film Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D. Click to enlarge.

NOTE: Larger images are available at Space.com

Re-creation of Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11, surveying the landscape with a Hasselblad still camera in the IMAX 3D film Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D. Click to enlarge.
 
 

Director Mark Cowen instructs astronaut actors on the set of the IMAX 3D film Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D. Click to enlarge.

Narrator/Producer/Writer Tom Hanks and Director Mark Cowen talk with an actor on the set of the IMAX 3D film Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D. Click to enlarge.

Overhead shot of astronaut actors on the Moon set of the IMAX 3D film Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D.  Click to enlarge.

Overhead shot of the re-created lunar surface for the IMAX 3D film Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

Re-creation of Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11, taking a photo of fellow astronaut Buzz Aldrin with a Hasselblad still camera in the IMAX 3D film Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D. Click to enlarge.

Re-creation of Charles Duke, Apollo 16, taking a personal moment to leave a family photo on the moon in the IMAX 3D film Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D. Click to enlarge.

Re-creation of Dave Scott (left) and James Irwin, Apollo 15, exploring and photographing the lunar surface in the IMAX 3D film Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D. Click to enlarge.

Re-creation of Dave Scott and James Irwin, Apollo 15, standing on the edge of Hadley Rille, a valley nearly a mile wide, in the IMAX 3D film Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D. Click to enlarge.

Re-creation of Buzz Aldrin, Apollo 11, descending from the LEM (Lunar Excursion Module) with Neil Armstrong nearby in the IMAX 3D film Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D. Click to enlarge.

Re-creation of Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11, watching Buzz Aldrin descend from the LEM (Lunar Excursion Module) in the IMAX 3D film Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D. Click to enlarge.

Re-creation of Dave Scott, Apollo 15, kicking up moon dust in the IMAX 3D film Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D. Click to enlarge.

Re-creation of Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11, surveying the landscape with a Hasselblad still camera in the IMAX 3D film Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D. Click to enlarge.
 
 

Proof of Moon Hoax.
 Video "Retake" when Light Boom falls...

July 20, 1969 Apollo 11 Moon Landing
"Its like much of the high desert in the United states...."

Notice the lightig and shadows in the section where they are both on the moon

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