WhiteLove
29th May 2016, 12:02
I find this finding super interesting, because it is true, I just confirmed myself.
On Wikipedia:
"On July 14, 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft became the first spacecraft to fly by Pluto.[19][20][21] During its brief flyby, New Horizons made detailed measurements and observations of Pluto and its moons."
"On July 13, 2015, images from NASA's New Horizons mission Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI), along with data from the other instruments, determined Pluto's diameter to be 2,370 km (1,470 mi),[121][122] which was later revised to be 2,372 km (1,474 mi) on July 24.[118]"
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto
So upon arrival at Pluto by the New Horizon probe, Nasa publishes this:
"This annotated view of a portion of Pluto’s Sputnik Planum (Sputnik Plain), named for Earth’s first artificial satellite, shows an array of enigmatic features. The surface appears to be divided into irregularly shaped segments that are ringed by narrow troughs, some of which contain darker materials. Features that appear to be groups of mounds and fields of small pits are also visible. This image was acquired by the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) on July 14 from a distance of 48,000 miles (77,000 kilometers). Features as small as a half-mile (1 kilometer) across are visible. The blocky appearance of some features is due to compression of the image.
Credits: NASA/JHUAPL/SWRI"
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/feature/frozen-plains-in-the-heart-of-pluto-s-heart
But it turns out this is actually a lie. Because that image was created in 2012!
To confirm this I grabbed the image URL myself:
http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/full_width/public/thumbnails/image/04_moore_02c.jpg?itok=nPS52LQ_
I then went out to a free online EXIF viewer tool:
http://regex.info/exif.cgi
Pasted in the image for EXIF analysis. And this was the result:
http://regex.info/exif.cgi?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nasa.gov%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fstyles%2Ffull_width%2Fpublic%2 Fthumbnails%2Fimage%2F04_moore_02c.jpg%3Fitok%3DnPS52LQ_
Created Date:
2012:08:01 13:02:33-04:00
3 years, 9 months, 27 days, 19 hours, 2 minutes, 11 seconds ago
As you can clearly see, it is true, it was taken in 2012! So this is a very remarkable finding! Nasa has some explaining to do!
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Original video here:
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On Wikipedia:
"On July 14, 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft became the first spacecraft to fly by Pluto.[19][20][21] During its brief flyby, New Horizons made detailed measurements and observations of Pluto and its moons."
"On July 13, 2015, images from NASA's New Horizons mission Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI), along with data from the other instruments, determined Pluto's diameter to be 2,370 km (1,470 mi),[121][122] which was later revised to be 2,372 km (1,474 mi) on July 24.[118]"
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto
So upon arrival at Pluto by the New Horizon probe, Nasa publishes this:
"This annotated view of a portion of Pluto’s Sputnik Planum (Sputnik Plain), named for Earth’s first artificial satellite, shows an array of enigmatic features. The surface appears to be divided into irregularly shaped segments that are ringed by narrow troughs, some of which contain darker materials. Features that appear to be groups of mounds and fields of small pits are also visible. This image was acquired by the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) on July 14 from a distance of 48,000 miles (77,000 kilometers). Features as small as a half-mile (1 kilometer) across are visible. The blocky appearance of some features is due to compression of the image.
Credits: NASA/JHUAPL/SWRI"
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/feature/frozen-plains-in-the-heart-of-pluto-s-heart
But it turns out this is actually a lie. Because that image was created in 2012!
To confirm this I grabbed the image URL myself:
http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/full_width/public/thumbnails/image/04_moore_02c.jpg?itok=nPS52LQ_
I then went out to a free online EXIF viewer tool:
http://regex.info/exif.cgi
Pasted in the image for EXIF analysis. And this was the result:
http://regex.info/exif.cgi?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nasa.gov%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fstyles%2Ffull_width%2Fpublic%2 Fthumbnails%2Fimage%2F04_moore_02c.jpg%3Fitok%3DnPS52LQ_
Created Date:
2012:08:01 13:02:33-04:00
3 years, 9 months, 27 days, 19 hours, 2 minutes, 11 seconds ago
As you can clearly see, it is true, it was taken in 2012! So this is a very remarkable finding! Nasa has some explaining to do!
0PItC_Fy9FE
Original video here:
NG7ThfiIiD4