An image is viral on social media with a claim that it is the night view of Paris, France from the International Space Station (ISS).
The image shared with the claim reads as, “Paris city of lights. Night view (ISS).”
The link to the post can be seen here. Similar posts can be seen here, here and here.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile did a fact-check and found the claim to be fake.
On doing a Google Reverse Image Search we found that the same image was uploaded by a Twitter handle @PicPedant on July 12, 2021, claiming that the viral image is an artwork and not a photograph of Paris from ISS.
The image was shared with the caption, “This is a Photoshop artwork by @georgesarmando titled “Our Blue Planet,” cropped and rotated. It is absolutely not from the ISS or any spacecraft.”
The same image was also uploaded on the website PhotoCricle where he mentioned the image to be an artwork.
Earlier, NewsMobile had debunked a similar image wherein it was shared with the claim that it shows pictures of the Himalayas from ISS.
Fact Check: Digital Artwork Shared As Photo Of Himalayas From Space
Hence, we can conclude that the viral image is a photoshopped artwork and has NOT been taken from the International Space Station.
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