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  • 2019-05-14 (xsd:date)
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  • No, this is not a video of a volcano in New Zealand emitting pink smoke (en)
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  • A video has been viewed millions of times in multiple posts on Facebook and YouTube alongside a claim it shows a volcano in New Zealand emitting pink smoke. The claim is false; the video was created by a Prague-based 3D artist using computer software. The video was shared in a Facebook post here on May 4, 2019 and has been viewed more than 81,000 times and shared more than 3,000 times. The misleading Facebook post is captioned: Pink volcanic eruption in New Zealand. Below is a screenshot of the post: The same video was shared with an identical claim in Italian in a Facebook post here on April 27, 2017, where it has been viewed more than 13 million times and shared more than 600,000 times. The same video was also shared on Facebook here and here with a similar claim, and viewed thousands of times on YouTube after being shared here and here with a similar claim. The video was also shared on Twitter here and on Instagram here with a similar claim, but the posts did not state where the volcano was situated. But the claim is false; the video was created by a Prague-based 3D artist. AFP conducted a reverse image search on Google of key frames obtained through video verification tool InVid. The search found this video by 3D artist Filip Hodas posted on his official Instagram page. Below is a screenshot of the post: The caption states: #pink #eruption #cinema #c4d #cinema4d #render #octanerender #photoshop #daily #3d #graphics #graphic #design #abstract #art #surreal #smoke #volcano #mountains #snow #realistic #mist #aerial #animation. In the comments below the video, Hodas replied to a Facebook user’s question on how he created the animation. Below is a screenshot: The volcano video on Hodas’s Instagram page can be seen posted alongside other videos he has created on his page. Below is a screenshot of his page: Hodas also shared the video here on his official Facebook page, in a post embedded below: US-based fact check website Snopes has also debunked the false claim that the footage shows a real volcanic eruption in a report published here . (en)
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