BOOM

Trending Searches

    SUPPORT
    BOOM

    Trending News

      • Fact Check 
        • Fast Check
        • Politics
        • Business
        • Entertainment
        • Social
        • Sports
        • World
      • Law
      • Explainers
      • News 
        • All News
      • Decode 
        • Impact
        • Scamcheck
        • Life
        • Voices
      • Media Buddhi 
        • Digital Buddhi
        • Senior Citizens
        • Videos
      • Web Stories
      • BOOM Research
      • BOOM Labs
      • Deepfake Tracker
      • Videos 
        • Facts Neeti
      • Home-icon
        Home
      • About Us-icon
        About Us
      • Authors-icon
        Authors
      • Team-icon
        Team
      • Careers-icon
        Careers
      • Internship-icon
        Internship
      • Contact Us-icon
        Contact Us
      • Methodology-icon
        Methodology
      • Correction Policy-icon
        Correction Policy
      • Non-Partnership Policy-icon
        Non-Partnership Policy
      • Cookie Policy-icon
        Cookie Policy
      • Grievance Redressal-icon
        Grievance Redressal
      • Republishing Guidelines-icon
        Republishing Guidelines
      • Fact Check-icon
        Fact Check
        Fast Check
        Politics
        Business
        Entertainment
        Social
        Sports
        World
      • Law-icon
        Law
      • Explainers-icon
        Explainers
      • News-icon
        News
        All News
      • Decode-icon
        Decode
        Impact
        Scamcheck
        Life
        Voices
      • Media Buddhi-icon
        Media Buddhi
        Digital Buddhi
        Senior Citizens
        Videos
      • Web Stories-icon
        Web Stories
      • BOOM Research-icon
        BOOM Research
      • BOOM Labs-icon
        BOOM Labs
      • Deepfake Tracker-icon
        Deepfake Tracker
      • Videos-icon
        Videos
        Facts Neeti
      Trending Tags
      TRENDING
      • #Operation Sindoor
      • #Pahalgam Terror Attack
      • #Narendra Modi
      • #Rahul Gandhi
      • #Waqf Amendment Bill
      • #Arvind Kejriwal
      • #Deepfake
      • #Artificial Intelligence
      • Home
      • Fact Check
      • Stock Video Misleadingly Shared As...
      Fact Check

      Stock Video Misleadingly Shared As First Lunar Visuals From Chandrayaan-3

      BOOM found that the shared video is a stock footage from ShutterStock

      By -  Shrey Banerjee
      Published -  23 Aug 2023 7:08 PM IST
    • Boomlive
      Listen to this Article
      Stock Video Misleadingly Shared As First Lunar Visuals From Chandrayaan-3

      A stock video showing close-up visuals of the surface of the moon in motion is circulating on Facebook with claims that it shows the latest visuals of the moon as seen from Chandrayaan 3's Vikram lander.

      The Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) lunar mission Chandrayaan-3's Vikram lander made a successful soft-landing on the Moon on August 23, 6.04 pm. This is ISRO's third lunar mission with India being the first country to land on the South Pole of the Moon. The mission began on July 14 and inserted the orbit of the moon on August 5.

      BOOM found that this video is a stock footage. According to the websites containing the footage, the visuals were furnished by NASA.

      One such post on Facebook is captioned as, "Visuals of Moo(n) from Chandrayaan 3 #isro #chandrayaan...". (sic.)

      The link of the post can be seen here.


      The archive of the post can be seen here.

      A similar post has been shared with the caption, "The visuals of moon from Chandrayaan 3 are simply stunning #chandrayaan #isro #india". The link of the post can be viewed here and the archive of the post can be seen here.

      Fact Check

      BOOM first ran a search for visuals of the lunar surface posted by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for Chandrayaan-3 but was unable to find the same viral video.

      ISRO, however, shared a few videos of glimpses of the moon taken from the Vikram lander of the Chandrayaan-3 mission. Some of the videos can be seen here and here.

      Chandrayaan-3 Mission:

      View from the Lander Imager (LI) Camera-1
      on August 17, 2023
      just after the separation of the Lander Module from the Propulsion Module #Chandrayaan_3 #Ch3 pic.twitter.com/abPIyEn1Ad

      — ISRO (@isro) August 18, 2023

      We then divided the video into keyframes and ran a reverse image search on the keyframes; we found the same video posted on YouTube on June 10, 2023.

      This video was posted more than a month before the launch of Chandrayaan-3, which took place on July 14, 2023, at 2.35pm from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.


      The video is captioned as, "Textured surface of the moon close-up in motion". The video contains a watermark similar to the one used by ShutterStock.

      Taking a cue from the above, we ran a relevant keyword search and found a video on the photo and video library ShutterStock website available in multiple high definition video formats.

      The stock footage is captioned as, "Textured surface of the moon close-up in motion. 3d animation. Elements of this image furnished by NASA". The contributor of the video is a profile named FlashMovie. The video can be viewed here. FlashMovie is a regular contributor to ShutterStock having contributed more than 8,000 royalty-free videos.


      BOOM then ran a keyframe comparison between the video viral on social media and the one available on the ShutterStock website. We found a same pattern of the surface craters and movement of the capturing camera in a similar alignment in both the videos.


      We also found the video uploaded to FlashMovie's own website captioned as, "Textured surface of the moon close-up in motion. Textured surface of the moon close-up in motion. 3d animation. Elements of this image furnished by NASA", the link of which can be seen here.


      We also found this video in another online stock footage library EnvatoElements. This video also contains similar captions as in the earlier stock video library sites. The link of the video can be viewed here.


      Tags

      Moonlunar landingvikram landerChandrayaan 3
      Read Full Article
      Claim :   This is a visual of the moon's surface from Chandrayaan-3
      Claimed By :  Social Media Users
      Fact Check :  False
      Next Story
      Our website is made possible by displaying online advertisements to our visitors.
      Please consider supporting us by disabling your ad blocker. Please reload after ad blocker is disabled.
      X

      Subscribe to BOOM Newsletters

      👉 No spam, no paywall — but verified insights.

      Please enter a Email Address
      Subscribe for free!

      Stay Ahead of Misinformation!

      Please enter a Email Address
      Subscribe Now🛡️ 100% Privacy Protected | No Spam, Just Facts
      By subscribing, you agree with the Terms & conditions and Privacy Policy connected to the offer

      Thank you for subscribing!

      You’re now part of the BOOM community.

      Or, Subscribe to receive latest news via email
      Subscribed Successfully...
      Copy HTMLHTML is copied!
      There's no data to copy!