A beautiful lie!

            A whatsapp forward in the group! it brought in a very beautiful image, and introduced,

“This is the sunset at the North Pole with the moon at its closest point last week. A scene you will probably never get to see in person, so take a moment and enjoy God at work at the North Pole. And, you also see the sun below the moon. An amazing photo and not one easily duplicated. pass it on to others so they can enjoy”.

            Though felt happy looking at the pic, It was a surprise reading at the added comment.

Just surprised, because I had seen this pic years ago. I think, I even kept this as a desktop wallpaper. But this forward claimed it was taken just last week ago. Wow…is this what you call a real déjà vu?!

Well…..not so.

            as usual, started searching in the net for some clue. And ended up here…..

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/11/17/an-unreal-picture-of-sunset-at-the-north-pole/#.VgGimt-qpBc

http://www.universetoday.com/18167/image-of-sun-and-moon-at-the-north-pole-real-or-work-of-art/

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap060620.html

http://www.snopes.com/photos/natural/northpole.asp

and…. from the real creator of this image….not from THE creator. (the artist's name has been edited out of the pic in all these forwards.)

https://www.facebook.com/gatetonowhere/posts/250301271695052

            the MOST convincing and very easy to understand explanation why that pic was a fake was…. The size/distance comparison. Phil plait clearly exposed the fake. It was not intended by the artist- inga Nielsen- to dupe people into believing something that was not real. Rather it was intended to be just creative, dreamy place/planet. So given the name-hideaway, yearning for the perfect beauty and peace it portrayed.

            One very important aspect is how a beautiful lie can be twisted further to prop up a false claim, to suit a very different purpose.

God at work!!

A characteristic weapon of deceptive, scheming minds. And this beautiful lie is readily accepted by gullible minds. All religious myths are exactly of this kind, aimed at deceiving people to believe in something THAT doesnot exist. But THAT’s said to have alllllll the powers; and that it can alleviate alllll the troubles, if worshipped.

This is how it works; rather it’s…actually dishonest men at work ;)

            Now…..i can hear an argument being murmured……., “It’s indeed god at work through that artist”. Yeah…. That’s from a classic liar! ….sorry a classic, religious tongue!! And you may believe it, if you want to fool yourself. No one stops you. You are indeed free to fool yourself, but not others!