Cross Hairs

The cross hairs on this photograph appear to go behind the objects in the photograph.  Does this suggest that the photograph is a faked 'pasted-together' image?

The cross hairs are called reseau-lines and were produced by a glass plate within the camera, between the lens and film.   They cause a black cross on the film where they block the light from reaching the film directly below them.   If, however, you are taking a photograph of a really bright white object, the white, over-exposed part of the film 'bleeds' into other parts of the film.  This is particularly the case if the adjacent part of the film is black.  This is what is happening where the thin reseau-lines meet a bright, reflective part of the photograph and is not unusual.  It happens on photographs with reseau-lines on Earth too.

It occurs in a number of the Apollo photographs, but you only see it where the reseau-lines seem to disappear behind a bright white part.   You never see it happening anywhere else.