April 9th, 2003

Think this image is real?

This image, which has been making the rounds on the Net, was credited as taken near the South African coast during a military exercise by the British Navy.

Supposedly, the German Magazine Geo (they're sort of like the Euro version of our National Geographic Magazine) crowned it as their "Photo Of The Year" - to the alert observer though the bridge in the background looks suspiciously alike to the SF Golden Gate...

And indeed - as it turns out, the image is a fake. A good one, but still a fake. National Geographic explains.

Long live Photoshop.