Shark Attacking Helicopter Photograph
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The claim
Email that includes an image depicting a large shark jumping at a helicopter claims that the photograph was nominated by National Geographic as “The photo of the year”.
Although this looks like a picture taken from a Hollywood movie, it is in fact a real photo, taken near the South African coast during a military exercise by the British Navy.It has been nominated by National Geographic as “The photo of the year”.
What the fact-checkers found
The image is not a genuine photograph. Instead it is a combination of two entirely unrelated photographs. And the hoax image certainly was not nominated by National Geographic as “The photo of the year”.
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