OMG SHARK

I'm sure most people have seen this once in a lifetime shot of a shark almost killing a guy and almost taking out the helicopter! Chilling to say the least!!! I've never seen such a thing!

...And it's no wonder. Such a thing never existed. This friend of mine forwarded this picture in a nice chain mail he was part of. The email stated "National Geographic's Photo Of The Year". Firstly, I tore him a new one for including me in chain mail - then I proceeded to tell him how gullible he was...er..oh wait...how gullible most people are when it comes to this sort of rubbish.

This picture was new to him (and apparently a host of other folks) but has been circulating the net since around 2001. It'd be cool to think that this shot was real, but just look at it. That shark looks like it was pasted into the picture. Why? Because it was.

"A photograph that has been circulating on the internet showing a shark leaping out of the water to attack a helicopter, is a fake. The composite image, which claims to be National Geographic's "Photo of the Year," was spliced together from a U.S. Air Force photo taken near San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge and a photo of a shark from South Africa.

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The photo of a breaching great white shark was taken by South African photographer Charles Maxwell [see the link to his Web site at the bottom of this page]. The Air Force photo of an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter was taken by Lance Cheung. They were spliced together by an unknown person, and reportedly began making the rounds on e-mail in August 2001."

There are plenty of "photoshopped" pictures cruising the internet, so be forewarned. Why people keep getting sucked into believing this tripe is beyond me. Is your life just THAT dull that you really need something to make you say "OMG" in real life and not just over Instant Messenger?

Snopes.com is a good reference to help spot hoaxes - whether they are pictures or articles. Take a look so you're better prepared for the anti-climax that is sure to follow.

You know, that shark pic totally reminds me of another that I've seen before, but can't recall exactly what....



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