It is not the first time on the Internet things are misunderstood, controversial images appear without contrast and become viral. Nor is it the first time that a viral campaign of this type has been developed to gain fame or attract public attention. That is why it is important that we allow ourselves the margin of doubt in the face of the information that comes to us, because we can forge wrong ideas and beliefs due to accidental errors, or what is worse, through deliberate campaigns.
Then I leave you here 11 examples of fake images and that they achieved glory through a deformation of reality.
Alleged image taken at the time of the Kennedy assassination
Actually, this is one of those images that strike at first but then common sense warns us that it is a farce because ... who could have been so close to the event to have taken this image? Actually if we pull the archive we discover that it is a frame from the famous movie The Trial Of Lee Harvey Oswald from 1977.
The shocking clouds above the iconic Mount Fuji
This type of clouds really do exist, it would not be strange to find them, in fact more than once they have been mistaken for flying saucers. In this case, it is enough to observe the image carefully to realize that someone has copied and pasted through a digital editing program a group of lenticular clouds on our mountain.
A definition of beauty around the year 1955 in Time magazine
Of course, it is a model that could perfectly fall within the canons of beauty, but nevertheless this image is a disagreement with the way of understanding beauty and especially of treating information in the decade of the 50s because in at that time this image would have been a public scandal. Actually this image is a monochrome version of the portrait of Aria Giovanni, a porn star and was made around 2004.
A Chemtrails plane inside?
Error. This image became a virus on the Internet and was almost the confirmation of the conspiracy theory that there are planes that dump chemtrails with the aim of poisoning the population. However, nothing could be further from reality (at least in this photo, the reality may be quite different). What we find here is the inside of a test plane packed with barrels filled with water to simulate the weight of the passengers.
Chilling photograph of a Syrian child sleeping among the grave of his dead parents
It has circulated massively on the Internet and for many it is the symbol of what the Syrian crisis is signifying. However, the reality is that this image is part of a photographic project by the Saudi artist Abdul Aziz al-Otaibi, in fact it is a perfectly planned and decorated set.
A racist ad appeared taped to McDonald's stores
This ad gave a lot to talk about in which a racist treatment of customers is explicit and it is reported that African American customers will have to pay an additional 1.5 dollars for each purchase due to a series of recent thefts. Actually, this note was created by someone who wanted to boycott the company.
Marijuana cigars created by the Marlboro company?
This image is totally false, although more than one would like it not to be. Although the montage is realistic, it is still a montage.
Here is the progress of nuclear contamination caused by the Fukushima disaster
Many people came to believe that this NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) image showed radiation from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear explosion tracing across the ocean when in reality, it is tracing tides and waves.
Viral photo of an ad for immigrants in the US that says: Beware illegal immigrants, in Arizona you are not welcome, but Los Angeles is delighted to welcome you.
“Free houses, free education, free food, free medicine and free hospitals. There are no additional costs or taxes, and there are jobs everywhere. " After measures were implemented to strengthen the control of the migratory flow in the state of Arizona and the Los Angeles authorities commented that they thought they were wrong, this montage appeared on social networks.
Striking long exposure image of lightning striking a tree
As realistic and beautiful as it may seem, this photograph is actually manipulated. Although it is true that many lightning bolts are seen like this when they fall, this is part of a project by artist Darren Pearson.