Facebook users have shared a computer-generated image of a vibrant multi-colour sky over Santa Barbara, California thousands of times in posts falsely claiming it shows the northern lights seen from Norway. The claim circulated after a powerful solar storm triggered the sighting of auroras around the world in May 2024.
The photo -- shared more than 1,500 times -- appears to show a dazzling display of pink and purple streaks lighting up the sky.are caused by violent eruptions on the Sun's surface that shoot out electromagnetic rays. These can cause powerful geomagnetic storms that affect the Earth's magnetic field, disrupting telecommunications and electricity grids to the Instagram video
In the video's comments section, Alpine_manor told another Instagram user that the footage was created with"AI" in response to their question about whether it was"real".
A reverse image search of the original video show the same galaxy sky effect used in multiple different videos on social media. https://www.youtube.com/embed/TFguXsWYQ0k
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