Few images and a video (made of images) is being widely shared on social media with the claim that these are first photographs of earth sent by Chandrayaan-2. Let’s check if these images are indeed captured by Chandrayan 2.
Claim: First photograph of earth, sent by Chandrayaan 2.
Fact: Multiple pictures from various sources are put together and shared as those captured by Chandrayaan-2. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
Let’s trace if these images ever appeared on internet before the launch by Chandrayaan-2 i.e, before July 22, 2019.
Image 1:
A reverse image search of the above picture shows us that it was uploaded in few websites in the year 2014.
Image 2:
This picture is part of the full picture used in the poster of Nicholas Cage movie ‘Knowing’ released in 2009.
Image 3:
A reverse image search of the above picture shows us that it was uploaded in few websites 6 years ago.
Image 4:
A reverse image search on this informs us that this picture was uploaded by NASA on March 2, 2007 as ‘Astronomy Picture of the Day‘
Image 5:
This is a screenshot from the animated video made by NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab.
Image 6:
A reverse image search of the above picture shows us that it was uploaded in a blog in 2004.
Image 7:
This is the cover photo of the of a book series Karac: Kaldar Warriors #1 released in 2014 and Darrok: Kaldar Warriors #2 released in 2016.
Image 8:
As per the Telegraph article in 2017 this image was taken by astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) of a large plume of smoke, steam and ash erupting from the Sarychev volcano on the Kuril Islands, Russia. It is thought that the eruption has caused a hole to form in the cloud layer above it.
Image 9:
This is another illustration made by NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab.
Image 10:
A reverse image search of the above picture shows us that it was uploaded on Facebook page Best Photography in 2014.
Image 11:
A reverse image search of the above picture shows us that this was designed to use as a wallpaper for mobiles and was uploaded here in 2012.
Finally multiple pictures from various sources are put together and shared as those captured by Chandrayaan-2.
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