“Photo shows “clearest image ever taken of Venus.”
Social media posts
in a Facebook post. Claim dated 29 Apr 2024.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
This isn't a real photo of Venus. A researcher constructed a black-and-white version of the photo by editing original space probe images with a programming language and Photoshop. Someone else colored the image yellow.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 29 April 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 9 May 2024, 10 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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