@astro_jcm@mastodon.online
While I'm no longer active in many commercial #SocialMedia platforms, as a #science communicator I still keep an eye on them to see how people (mis)understand #astronomy , and incorporate those lessons to my job. Today Facebook crushed my soul with this abomination. A while ago I wrote this article explaining how to spot fake #astrophotography images using science: https://www.eso.org/public/blog/csi-astronomy/ That article has now been superseded by "this is fake because <waves hands angrily in despair>"
malcircuit
I was going to say... an annular "ring of fire" eclipse means the sun is visible during the entire event. The image would have had to been from a total eclipse.... if it were real