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Sicily - which has already been brought to its knees by a prolonged heatwave - is battling wildfires that are threatening towns and cities across the island.
Not saying shit's not fucked up over there right now, but is this an artist rendering? Its got what looks like artist initials at the top and I can't find this image anywhere else.
It ~~almost~~ definitely is. This happened with the last big Australian fires too. Here's a an actual satellite photo of the Australian fires with overlaid red dots from NASA data for comparison.
Note the complete lack of smoke or cloud obscuring anything in the OP image.
Edited to add: NASA photo + overlaid data from Sicily's 2017 fires. Fewer fires, visible wind smoke trails.
More fuel for the “climate change is a hoax” fire
I was informed by conservative relatives that climate change was a Chinese hoax, which fair, that's a pretty funny joke. But burning down Sicily seems like taking things a bit too far.
Clearly it is a Sicilian hoax...
Yup. This has to be the most elaborate hoax since the moon landing.
"Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line!"
oh god, the false flag conspiracy theorists are going to have a field day.
WTH is happening to Africa?
Slash and burn farming is a common land clearing technique there ahead of the rainy season. It's the right time of year, but I dont know if that's what it is for sure. The current major conflict in the DRC is on the Eastern side, so I don't think it's that.
I think it's on fire.
lol there's a cute little wildfire going on in san francisco
The fruits of capitalism.
We won't stop either, the greed disease is like a drug. The few who have wealth and demand more without end, and the many who prefer to tell themselves it'll be them one day with hard work so why destroy their future lavish lifestyle by breaking the wheel? Addicted to the gluttonous life, or addicted to the gluttonous delusion.
And the world burned...
Absurd .. This is ludicrous and looks like a warring area on an RPG map. It's 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡 but unbelievable.
Its not real. This isn't a satellite image of the wildfires. Theres an artist's initials at the top of this "satellite image" (it is a satellite image, but the fires and smoke are drawn on).
Shame on OP for spreading disinformation.
I was thinking this has to be a cgi image or exaggerated to see all the fires. That's not a "struggling" island, its a total loss.
While there are indeed a great many forest fires happening around the world, and no shortage of them across Sicily, this is an artists rendering and not an actual satellite photo. The actual fires are FAR more localized, and this kind of hyper sensationalized reporting just does a disservice to the actual severity of the situation. It's a big enough problem even without the sensationalism.
We need to be able to corid/crowd tag posts. Everyone should tag this as FAKE. It's not fucking real.
Don't tag it, report it. This post breaks Rule 6 of this community: no trolling.
If anyone wants to see the actual situation here's NASA's live map: https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/
and a guide on how to use it, what all the symbols mean etc: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=SSd7KnWN9CM
Meanwhile, in BC Canada, here's what the current fire situation looks like. 3 million acres - 12,140 km² or 4687mi²) have burned as of Jul12. For reference, which is more land-mass than some smaller countries.
This is inaccurate.
For people looking for a more realistic take...the last 48 hours are clear so this is 72 hours back.. Not sure if that's a data issue or the fires have gone out now.
Fake picture is fake.
This should be reported for misinformation. It’s a blatantly false image.
We reap what we sow.
