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  • 2021-05-27 (xsd:date)
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  • Image of Blue Angels performing the Hand of God is an illustration, not a photograph (en)
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  • The U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels, a flight demonstration squadron, can do backflips, 720-degree rolls, loops and other sensational aerobatic feats at speeds up to 1,000 mph . Social media users shared an image that purports to show the squadron performing a maneuver called the Hand of God, which depicts five planes curving in different directions to create a smoke trail resembling a giant hand. The Blue Angels perform the ‘Hand of God,’ reads the caption above the image. The Blue Angels really do perform a maneuver called the Hand of God, which resembles the image. But the image being shared on social media is actually a piece of digital art, not a photograph. It was created by Kiev-based artist Alexander Zienko, who posted it to the online art gallery Deviant Art on March 9, 2015. Zienko’s original artwork doesn’t reference the Blue Angels. The image shows a piece of digital art. It is not an actual image of the Blue Angels performing the hand of God maneuver, as the post says. We rate this post False. ​ (en)
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