{"id":51800,"date":"2021-02-24T12:13:48","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T12:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/?p=87031"},"modified":"2021-02-24T12:13:48","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T12:13:48","slug":"visual-of-mars-shot-by-nasas-curiosity-rover-in-2020-viral-after-perseverance-rover-landing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/02\/24\/visual-of-mars-shot-by-nasas-curiosity-rover-in-2020-viral-after-perseverance-rover-landing\/","title":{"rendered":"Visual of Mars shot by NASA\u2019s Curiosity Rover in 2020 viral after Perseverance Rover landing"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the backdrop of NASA\u2019s Perseverance Rover landing on Mars on February 19 (IST), a video has gone viral on Twitter<\/a> and Facebook<\/a> with the claim it is an audio-video recording from Mars.<\/p>\n

The following video was posted by Twitter user Anonymous<\/a> along with the text, \u201cMars, fascinating.\u201d This video now has over 24 million views which four million views more than NASA’s live stream of the Perseverance Rover landing.<\/p>\n

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Mars, fascinating. pic.twitter.com\/WSyq8Ojna2<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Anonymous (@YourAnonOne) February 19, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Alt News received multiple requests on WhatsApp to verify this video. The viral video was also shared by Odisha-based news outlet Kalinga TV<\/a>, Srinivasan Ramani, deputy national editor at The Hindu, and Harini Calamur<\/a> who leads Impact Science at Mumbai-based Cactus Communications.<\/p>\nClick to view slideshow.<\/a>\n

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Alt News performed a reverse image search and found that the visuals in the viral video are identical to the panoramic image clicked by NASA’s Curiosity Rover last year<\/a>. The size of the high-resolution image is over 2 GB.<\/p>\n

NASA also posted a 360 video<\/a> based on this image. This video does not have sound. In the past, NASA<\/a> has shared audio recordings from Mars. However, it was never along with a video. It appears that the viral video was made using these media files. We compared NASA’s 360 videos with the viral video and found that they were identical. Alt News couldn’t authenticate the source of the audio in the viral video.<\/p>\n