Sunset at North pole

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kochu
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Sunset at North pole

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A fascinating picture- Moon is on top

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Post by zong »

kochu, i understand that you would like to share photos with us.. it is indeed a nice photo!! BUT! -> this photo is a fake. :(

A quick search on google with "sunset at north pole" gives this:
http://www.snopes.com/photos/natural/northpole.asp

The moon shouldn't be this much bigger than the sun, if ever there is a discreptancy in the first place...
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