Is this photo real? im not really sure, what's your opinion?
http://resistir.info/eua/imagens/tsunami.jpg
2007-12-21 02:31:59 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
False.
http://www.snopes.com/photos/tsunami/tsunami2.asp
2007-12-21 02:44:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Reasons why the image can be dismissed as a forgery:
Wave Height:
The wave in the picture appears to be as high as a multi-story building. Although the Asian tsunami was incredibly powerful and destructive, there are no reports of the wave reaching such towering heights. The height of the waves varied depending on where they breached the shore, but satellite images reveal that they may have reached up to ten meters in some areas. While a wave ten-meter high is mind boggling enough, the wave depicted in the fake image is clearly many time that height.
Conflicting Information:
The text that accompanies the fake image varies in its details. Some versions claim that a tourist in a high-rise building took the picture. Others claim the image is security camera footage. In some versions, the city is identified as simply being on the "Indonesia's Coast". Others claim that the city is actually Phuket in Thailand.
Wrong part of the world:
The image shows vehicles travelling on the right side of the road. In both Indonesia and Thailand, vehicles are driven on the left side of the road. This indicates that the city is actually located in another part of the world.
2007-12-21 02:39:26 · answer #2 · answered by corie g 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Hi, I actually used to do photographic manipulation as both art and on a professional level for magazines and such, It does appear to look real although the edging contrasts appear jagged and a little sharp, also the black framing around it looks as though it has been taken with a 35mm camera but the focus is very poor if that is the case it looks more like an image grab from a television, so in my personal opinion its very close but id have to probably go with a fake (if it is supposed to be a photograph) however if it states its been rendered from a cctv unit then its real, just bad quality, look on the information and spec of camera if it has that facility to do so if not try and research the source, but as i said if its supposedly a photograph it appears to be a very good fake hope this has helped :)
2007-12-21 02:38:47 · answer #3 · answered by Renegade 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No chap I really oppose for that picture. Just think about the Photographer, About news which has not mention anything like that, about ambience (cars even doesn't know about it, well if they do then some of the car should turn around or some other odd movement should happened.), This is just an artistic work of a Graphic Artist. So long
2007-12-21 02:59:06 · answer #4 · answered by Ravs 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, it's fake. Tidal waves don't actually look like that.
If you want to see what tidal waves really look like, here is a link to a series from Phuket:
http://www.pbase.com/issels/image/37890651
2007-12-21 02:34:45 · answer #5 · answered by Perki88 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Looks very fake to me. If this picture was real, it'd be shown on the news and everything.
2007-12-21 02:34:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I doubt it ... 'cause none of the cars are changing the direction they're driving in, you'd think if that mother f*cker of a wave was coming in my direction, I'd swerve to the right or something.
2007-12-21 02:35:28 · answer #7 · answered by mmoynan 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Completely and 100% FAKE.
2007-12-21 03:03:29 · answer #8 · answered by acidman1968 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
maybe...I don't know
but it's an awesome picture
2007-12-21 02:35:20 · answer #9 · answered by gmeredith56880 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
**Modified using Photoshop or any artistic tool. I don't think its real..
2007-12-21 02:36:57 · answer #10 · answered by raine 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋