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.

Thursday challenge answer:

Long exposure of a tree hit by lightning is an example of passing an image of what it is not by adding a false caption. It was originally created as an art project. Read the description of the techniques used to create the original image. The other images are real.

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: Oscar Meyer wiener jet

Image 2: Airplane crossing

Image 3: crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17

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

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Come back next week to see the answer and meet the winners!