As we celebrate Information Literacy Awareness Month, we challenge you to demonstrate your skills as an image detective.
There are a lot of amazing picture posted on the web, but many of them are real and others are not – there are so many ways to alter images or pass them for what they are not by adding a misleading caption. Let’s see how good you are at spotting fakery!

Please submit your response below. See contest rules, prizes, and contact information here.

Tuesday challenge answer:

All images were manipulated in some way.
– An unknown hoaxer digitally added the cigarette into the photo of President Obama. The altered picture has been appearing online since 2008.  The original photo was taken in August 2004 Aug. 3, 2004 while then-State Sen. Obama met with constituents at the University of Illinois while campaigning to become a U.S. Senator.
– President Lincoln never posed for this portrait. It is a composite of Lincoln’s head and the body of southern politician John C. Calhoun.
– Goebbels was originally in the picture next to Hitler, but after he fell out of favor with Hitler he was removed from the group in the picture and you can see his body outline if you look closer. See this and other doctored historic photos.

Tuesday challenge winner: Sammy Shugar

Today’s challenge:

Which of these images is/are real? What fakery techniques (digital manipulation, cropping, false caption, etc.) were used for fake images? How did you verify image authenticity?

Image 1: Tree of 40 fruit

Image 2: Japanese Mood Melon

Image 3: Red creek bed

Submit your answer below. Make sure you answer all the questions fully!

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Come back tomorrow for a new question and the answer to today’s challenge!