Published 18:58 IST, June 23rd 2020
Fact check: Were two Suns spotted near the US-Canada border recently?
Social media saw a series of viral posts with a picture of two suns in the sky. Fact check on whether two suns were spotted near the US-Canada border recently.
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Social media went in a frenzy recently when y saw 'Two suns in sunset' post doing round all over internet. And , it is t song by Pink Floyd's Roger Waters, but it is an actual picture of two suns over horizon. im that is being circulated is a coll of six ims, each with different skylines, plus im also claims that phemen where one can see two sun-like bodies is called Moon Hunters or Hunter's moon.
This im became viral around time of solar eclipse that was observed on June 21. It stated that this phemen happens when earth changes its axis. It also states that im shows picture of sun while or one is moon, so it looks like re are two suns in sky.
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Republic world did a fact check on 'two suns on US Cana border' news
- Republic World did a fact check and found that claims of post were False. It was found that such articles surface up every time re is a solar eclipse. similar case was found when in January 2019, where two suns were claimed to be seen near US-Cana border.
- Ar article dating back to 2015 proves that this news is quite a few years old. It was when an article in Arabic illustrated photos with two suns from Tunisia skyline.
- phemen that viral post is talking about is called Hunter's moon and it is just phase when moon appears red as a smaller amount of sunlight is able to reach moon. Thus, Hunter's Moon ory does t create an illusion of a duplicate sun in sky.
- A phemen like Anlion and Parhelion are also sometimes found responsible for causing effects similar to appearance of two suns. Some also suggest that it can happen due to refraction of light on camera lens or some photographs may also be morphed as well.
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Google Trends
picture of two suns saw a great rise in search volume as many people saw this post on day of Solar eclipse which was visible to some parts of world on June 21. A Google trends analysis showcases that maximum number of people searching about same were on June 21 itself.
Im courtesy: Google Trends
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Promo Im courtesy: Girish Sharma Twitter
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18:58 IST, June 23rd 2020