GUYS. Mark October 19, 2017 as a historical event of firecracker proportions. Select ‘day-long’ reminder because you totally want to remember and celebrate the fruition of all of your exemplary social media efforts. For on that day, a new image fell victim to the ‘India during Diwali’ syndrome.
Paolo Nespoli, astronaut with the European Space Agency, whose Twitter feed is a veritable goldmine of gorgeous photos from space (including a recent one of Typhoon Lan moving towards Japan) shared a throwback image of India on October 19 with a caption wishing everyone a Happy Diwali.
The image was originally posted by Nespoli on his Flickr account a few days ago on September 29th, and is therefore NOT a photo from space of what India looks like during Diwali.
Paolo Nespoli’s image of India from space dated Sept 29, 2017
Here’s the tweet that’s behind a lot of incorrect headlines today:
Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Lights, starts today. #HappyDiwali to everyone! #VITAmission pic.twitter.com/Uygnc8tTWx
— Paolo Nespoli (@astro_paolo) October 19, 2017
The tweet has over 5.3K retweets and 8.6K favourites, in case you needed us to point out the obvious and the comments range from ‘wow’…
Thank you for the picture of India of Diwali night from space. #HappyDiwali #VITAmission
— Amit Jha (@amitj3) October 22, 2017
amazing click…. #HappyDiwali to u… one of the best pic of Diwali…
— Raka Don (@RakeshChahal) October 21, 2017
Looks real. Not on net. He is astronaut.
— SM Hoax Slayer (@SMHoaxSlayer) October 21, 2017
Thanku very much sir, and same to u
Very happy Diwali to u https://t.co/tnc520BEib— धर्मेन्द्र ठाकुर~ॐ (@dharmu_thakur) October 20, 2017
.. to ‘that’s not a Diwali image’:
Here’s a fact. Just found out with the help of @PC0101
This photo was taken on 29th September. See here. https://t.co/qPewi6JbkB— Sumit Sundriyal
After realizing that this pic is not taken on diwali : pic.twitter.com/IawH82rUej
— Vishal Jotshi (@vishaljotshi) October 22, 2017
But this lighting will be on any night across urban areas from satellite view. pic.twitter.com/X81trvgkef
— Bharani Shivakumar (@yesbeeyes) October 21, 2017
An authentic photo, showing normal city lights / no #Diwali effect. The photos and all EXIF details also are available via NASA’s EOL site.
— Peter Caltner (@PC0101) October 22, 2017
One image, so much entertainment. Looking forward to memes of the ‘latest’ Diwali image? Same, you guys. Same.
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