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  1. According to The Calgary Herald, “a moving company…took the wrong road and wedged [the house] into a narrow bridge, causing the bridge to collapse.” The moving company claimed they had a permit and that the bridge pilings were rotted. ~ Anonymous, 2007: Real
    Fake or Real?
    According to The Calgary Herald, “a moving company…took the wrong road and wedged [the house] into a narrow bridge, causing the bridge to collapse.” The moving company claimed they had a permit and that the bridge pilings were rotted. ~ Anonymous, 2007:

    Real

  2. Air Force helicopters have flown in front of the Golden Gate Bridge, and great white sharks do leap from the water – but this South African shark was spliced into a flipped version of the helicopter photo. ~ Photos by Charles Maxwell & Lance Cheung: Fake
    Fake or Real?
    Air Force helicopters have flown in front of the Golden Gate Bridge, and great white sharks do leap from the water – but this South African shark was spliced into a flipped version of the helicopter photo. ~ Photos by Charles Maxwell & Lance Cheung:

    Fake

  3. Anti-gravity tennis? Not quite! The misplaced shadows quickly alert your brain that something is wrong with this image. ~ Michael Kai, 2008: Fake
    Fake or Real?
    Anti-gravity tennis? Not quite! The misplaced shadows quickly alert your brain that something is wrong with this image. ~ Michael Kai, 2008:

    Fake

  4. The artist combined an Antarctic iceberg, an upside-down Alaskan iceberg, the sky, and the background to create his vision. ~ Ralph A. Clevenger, 1999: Fake
    Fake or Real?
    The artist combined an Antarctic iceberg, an upside-down Alaskan iceberg, the sky, and the background to create his vision. ~ Ralph A. Clevenger, 1999:

    Fake

  5. This photo was used to support claims that China’s high-speed train would not impact the environment of an endangered antelope. Then it was discovered that the photojournalist had spliced two photos together. He resigned his post. ~ Liu Weiqing 2006: Fake
    Fake or Real?
    This photo was used to support claims that China’s high-speed train would not impact the environment of an endangered antelope. Then it was discovered that the photojournalist had spliced two photos together. He resigned his post. ~ Liu Weiqing 2006:

    Fake

  6. A ‘circumhorizon arc,’ sometimes inaccurately called a ‘fire rainbow.’ When the sun shines through cirrus clouds at the right angle, the ice crystals in the clouds cause the light to refract (split) into its component colors. ~World Picture Network, 2006: Real
    Fake or Real?
    A ‘circumhorizon arc,’ sometimes inaccurately called a ‘fire rainbow.’ When the sun shines through cirrus clouds at the right angle, the ice crystals in the clouds cause the light to refract (split) into its component colors. ~World Picture Network, 2006:

    Real

  7. This trompe l’oeil (“trick of the eye”) image features a photo-mural of a real elephant, which has been attached to a garage door. ~ style-your-garage.com: Fake
    Fake or Real?
    This trompe l’oeil (“trick of the eye”) image features a photo-mural of a real elephant, which has been attached to a garage door. ~ style-your-garage.com:

    Fake

  8. A mom living in Anchorage, Alaska, took this picture of black bears playing on her sons’ playground set. She has since set up an air horn to scare away wildlife when her kids are playing outdoors. ~ Anonymous, 2006: Real
    Fake or Real?
    A mom living in Anchorage, Alaska, took this picture of black bears playing on her sons’ playground set. She has since set up an air horn to scare away wildlife when her kids are playing outdoors. ~ Anonymous, 2006:

    Real

  9. Though some people mistake this for a photo of a sunset at the North Pole, a German astrophysics student digitally created this scene, titled “Hideaway.” ~ Inga Nielsen, 2006: Fake
    Fake or Real?
    Though some people mistake this for a photo of a sunset at the North Pole, a German astrophysics student digitally created this scene, titled “Hideaway.” ~ Inga Nielsen, 2006:

    Fake