Sunset on Earth as Seen From Space Is Computer-Generated Imagery

Misbar investigated the claim and found it to be misleading. A search of NASA’s gallery on their official website did not show the image in the claim. A relevant keyword search was conducted, which revealed that the image was a still shot of a video captioned, “Sunrise From Space. Earth From Space. Version 2018” uploaded on Pond5, as seen below.

Pond5 is an online marketplace for royalty-free media, including video, images, sound effects, and 3-D models. The 19-second video was created by Pixel25, a creator based in Germany who has many other works on his page. The video is computer-generated imagery (CGI), which applies computer graphics to create media, video games, simulations, and other animations.

Previously, astronaut Alexander Gerst shared a real image of sunset on Earth from space looks like, pictured below.

The Misbar team confirms the circulating image in the claim is misleading, as it is from a CGI video and not a real depiction.