Fact Check: Is this Antarctica as seen from space? Not really
4 years, 8 months ago

Fact Check: Is this Antarctica as seen from space? Not really

India Today  

Recently, scientists have warned of the rapid melting of Antarctica's Thwaites glacier - also known as "Doomsday glacier" for its collapse could submerge many coastal cities worldwide. With the help of keyword search, we found this image was created by NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio. We found that in 2007, on the occasion of International Polar Year, the "Scientific Visualization Studio" had released some visualizations of the space view of Arctic and Antarctic on September 21, 2005. Therefore, we can say that the viral picture is not of Antarctica as seen from space, but a computer-generated image created by NASA's "Scientific Visualization Studio".

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No, That’s Not a Picture of Antarctica From Space
8 years, 7 months ago

No, That’s Not a Picture of Antarctica From Space

Slate  

I’ll make this short and sweet: There’s a picture going around social media people claim shows Antarctica from space. It’s actually a visualization of data, a computer-generated image showing the extent of sea ice around Antarctica on Sept. 21, 2005. Under the assumption they’re real, unreal pictures are commonly passed around social media rapidly and without much critical analysis. It’s …

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