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The “Shoppie Awards”
By Linda | May 10, 2008
Our email in-boxes have all been touched by them. Some are so blatently faked that we must wonder at the gullability of the ones who earnestly forwarded them to us as genuine. Sporting subject titles such as “Really Amazing Pictures” and “Winner of the National Geographic Picture of the Year Award”, these images have long circulated in cyberspace without receiving their just dues as “Amazing Images” in their own right.
Now Science Junkies celebrates these audacious fakes with the first ever “Shoppie Award”. Here are my picks for the most obviously “Photo Shopped” images ever to invade our in-boxes while daring to call themselves genuine.
Big Kitty
Look Out!
White Shark takes on the Military
Teddy Bear in the Sky
Triple Water Spout
Indonesian Tsunami
World Trade Center Tourist
Hogzilla
Desert “Camel” Spiders
Incidentally, if you find the above camel spiders intimidating, take a look at this spider species that required no photo shopping to be truly horrific!
Fishing in the Crescent City after Hurricane Katrina
A Big Dog named Hercules
World Trade Center “Demon Cloud”
Like a good fake? Read Science and the Urban Legend and Science and the Urban Legend Part II
The “Shoppies” celebrate fakes - The “Iggies” honor very real, albeit silly science. To learn more about the IgNobel Awards CLICK HERE
Topics: In the News, Jokes & Humor, Movies & TV, Nature, Technology, The Petri Dish |
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September 2nd, 2009 at 8:57 am
REALLY ITS TOTALLY IMAGING……….!!!!!!
September 29th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
that was awsome