Viral Video of the Moon Rising in the North Pole Is Digitally Generated
The Claim
The video shows a mesmerising moonrise in the North Pole.
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A video showing a moonrise in the North Pole has gone viral on social media. Many social media users interacted with the video expressing their astonishment.
Misbar’s Analysis
Misbar investigated the circulating video and found the claim to be fake.
Misbar’s team was able to trace the video to the Ukrainian artist Aleksey Patrev. The video can be seen posted on an NFT exchange website.
The artist is known for creating similar CGI animated videos.
The video obviously looks unrealistic, it was computer generated and was shared as an artistic animation.
Although the video obviously looks unrealistic, many social media users believed that it was real.
CGI Animations
Computer animation has been used to make a video appear three-dimensional. Though traditional 2D animated films are now primarily made using computers, the technology to render realistic 3D computer graphics (CG) or computer-generated imagery (CGI) is unique to computers.
