National Geographic Great White Shark Photo
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National Geographic Great White Shark Photo refers to a composite image of a shark jumping out of the water which was falsely identified as National Geographic's "Photo of the Year" in December 2016.
Origin
In December 2016, a digitally edited image of a created by Shutterstock[2] user Alexyz3d began circulating on Twitter falsely described as "National Geographic's Photo of the Year," with some attributing the photo to a fictional photographer named Bob Burton (shown below).
Spread
On December 4th, 2016, Twitter user @foomandoonian[1] tweeted Alexyz3d's images, noting that the National Geographic claims were fabricated (shown below, left). Shortly after, Twitter user @PicPedant posted a link to the Shutterstock page for the original image (shown below, right).
That day, Gizmodo published an article about the viral image. The following day, Snopes[3] published an article titled "Not-ional Geographic" listing the claim that the shark image was an award-winning National Geographic photo was "false."
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External References
[1] Twitter – @foomandoonian
[2] Shutterstock – Shark jumps out of the water
[3] Snopes – Not-ional Geographic
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