Hamburg artist Inga Nielsen creates fantasy art and for years her work Hideaway has been credited on social media and elsewhere on the internet as showing “sunset at the North Pole”. In fact, the image is a digital artwork by a German artist that has been circulating on the internet for at least 15 years.
The post’s widely-shared image is certainly stunning – but it is not a photograph, was not taken “last week” and does not show the North Pole as claimed in the posts. A post claims to show the sunset at the North Pole with the moon at its closest point last week. The same image with similar text has been posted to Facebook hundreds of times since as early as 2014, with some examples generating tens of thousands of shares. The post finishes with a call to share, citing a “Chinese saying” about sharing objects of value.Īt the time of writing, the June 6 post had been viewed more than 15,000 times. You may want To pass it on to others so they can enjoy it.” An amazing photo and not one easily duplicated. And, you also see the sun below the moon. A scene you will probably never get to see in person, so take a moment and enjoy. The image, which shows a faint red sunset and gigantic crescent moon above it on a snowy mountainous horizon, carries the caption: “This is the sunset at the North Pole with the moon at its closest point last week. A Facebook post from a New Zealand user claims to show a recent – and spectacular – sunset at the North Pole.
0 kommentar(er)
