20 viral photos that turned out to be fake

You can't believe everything you see on the Internet. I guess we've all learned this fact long ago. Today, Photoshop works wonders, and with its help, you can easily create something that is not really there. At least in terms of photos. Take a look at these 20 pictures, which once made a splash on the Internet, but in the end turned out to be an elementary fake. Photoshop, you're the devil's tool…

1. " Beijing is forced to watch the sunrise on the screen because of the terrible smog."

Although this screen in Tiananmen Square does show the dawn, it is only part of the billboard and turns all year round, regardless of the presence of smog.

2. " A Syrian boy sleeps on the graves of his parents."

This photo was part of an art project of 25-year-old Abdul Aziz al-Otaibi from Saudi Arabia. He wanted to show that the child's love for his parents is eternal. According to him, the photo has nothing to do with the humanitarian crisis in Syria. Syria.

3. "A man makes death masks of soldiers of the First World War".

Yes, the man created the masks, but they were made with soldiers who survived the war, having received serious facial injuries.

4. "Lilac trees by a pond on the Isle of Skye in Scotland".

Actually, this picture was taken in New Zealand, and then processed in photoshop (original on the right).

5. "Northern Lights in Alaska".

As you can see on the right, in fact, in this photo, the Orion Nebula, "merged" with the mountains.

6. " A tourist is photographed against the background of a plane that is about to crash into the twin towers."

This picture is so blatantly fake that it was obvious almost immediately (the wrong airline, the wrong destination, etc.). But Peter Guzli from Hungary, who posted the photo online, did not want to admit for a long time that he was in the picture and that the picture itself was a fake.

7. "Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004".

This photo is also a fake. The original picture was taken on the coast of Chile, and the waves were pretty photoshopped.

8. " Allegedly, someone managed to take a picture during the crash of Air France flight 447 over the Atlantic Ocean in 2009."

In fact, this is a shot from the TV series "Stay Alive".

9. " Steven Seagal gave Putin horns."

No, there was no such thing. The fingers were drawn in Photoshop.

10. "The Statue of Liberty during Hurricane Sandy".

No, this is the Statue of Liberty in the movie "The Day After Tomorrow" — that's where this shot was taken from.

11. "In 1914, a boy went to war and left his bicycle leaning against a tree."

Unlike the others, this picture is not a photo montage. Someone did leave their bicycle by the tree, but it wasn't in 1914. It was 1950, and the boy's name was Don Poots. And he's never been to war.

12. "The island in the form of a star and a crescent".

In fact, this is a picture of the Hawaiian island of Molokini (crescent moon), and the star was added using Photoshop.

13. " The baby's leg pushes the mother in the stomach."

It would be physically impossible. There are too many layers of muscle between the inside of the womb and the outside of the abdomen.

14. " A stunning multicolored snake recently discovered by scientists!»

Sorry to disappoint, but the real snake (and the real photo) is on the right.

15. "Wet Koala".

Something like her. But her jaw was painted like a dog's.

16. " This blue watermelon grows in Japan and changes its taste when you eat it."

In nature, there are no blue watermelons, in fact, as well as watermelons that can change the taste. This is an ordinary watermelon, "corrected" in Photoshop.

17. " Photo of the rising moon in Sequoia National Park, California."

Yes, this photo really deceived a couple of people, but it was not made in California or even in North America. It was in France, and the moon was added using Photoshop… as usual.

18. " This is how India looks from space on the night of Diwali celebrations."

The colors are not real, and the image itself is a composite satellite photo of India taken over 10 years, and they show how electricity consumption has changed during this time. Although it's still beautiful!

19. " The pilot took a selfie during the flight."

Aha, of course, what kind of fools is this designed for? We will not even explain why this is not possible-turn on your brains.

20. "Supermoon over Rio de Janeiro".

Guys, seriously, stop playing with Photoshop. And then after all, people are being led…