A March 9 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) features an image of the Earth taken from outer space.
“The first ‘photo’ of the curvature was published on April Fools Day,” reads the text in the image.
The post garnered more than 60 shares in less than three weeks. Other versions of the claim have been shared on Facebook and Twitter.
While the image in the post is dated correctly, it is not the first image of the Earth's curvature. The first such photo was taken more than two decades earlier in the 1930s.
Fact check: First photo of Earth's curvature was taken in 1935, contrary to post
“The first ‘photo’ of the curvature was published on April Fools Day,” reads the text in the image.
The post garnered more than 60 shares in less than three weeks. Other versions of the claim have been shared on Facebook and Twitter.
While the image in the post is dated correctly, it is not the first image of the Earth's curvature. The first such photo was taken more than two decades earlier in the 1930s.
Fact check: First photo of Earth's curvature was taken in 1935, contrary to post
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