{"id":1659,"date":"2021-09-17T06:48:10","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T06:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/?p=1659"},"modified":"2022-02-21T09:53:29","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T09:53:29","slug":"3d-fractal-image-shared-as-a-new-species-of-coral-near-galapagos-islands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/3d-fractal-image-shared-as-a-new-species-of-coral-near-galapagos-islands\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: This is NOT a New Coral Species found near the Galapagos Islands!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Thubnail-Post-No-09-sahan-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Thubnail-Post-No-09-sahan-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Thubnail-Post-No-09-sahan-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Thubnail-Post-No-09-sahan-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Thubnail-Post-No-09-sahan-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Thubnail-Post-No-09-sahan.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Environmental photography has become a rage among nature lovers around the world enabled by rapidly evolving technology. Photos of natural wonders clicked by users around the world get shared widely on social media. However, some artificial photos developed for creative purposes gets mistaken for an actual entity and gets shared rigorously on social media. Factcrescendo Sri Lanka investigation into one such image revealed that a digitally created 3-Dimensional art work was mistaken to be a real coral structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Viral Posts on Social Media<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A photo which seemed like a picturesque and unique coral structure was shared on Facebook as seen below, titled \u201c<em>New Species of Coral that has been found near the Galapagos Island\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"486\" height=\"778\" src=\"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-65.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-65.png 486w, https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-65-187x300.png 187w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/846670215925041\/posts\/899851790606883\/\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/coral-screen-photo\">Archived<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many others had shared this unique image with the same narration as seen below<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"566\" height=\"648\" src=\"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-66.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-66.png 566w, https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-66-262x300.png 262w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 566px) 100vw, 566px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fact Check<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At first we did a Google Reverse Image search and found a similar image in the website named Deviant Art and the image was posted under the artist name, \u201cbatjorge\u201d tagged under the categories of 3D fractal, digital and etc.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"984\" height=\"891\" src=\"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-67.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-67.png 984w, https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-67-300x272.png 300w, https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-67-768x695.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 984px) 100vw, 984px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deviantart.com\/batjorge\/art\/Ecosystem-701081007?fbclid=IwAR15c4tvm7hOvkwq9WQnoO8yPdhtkAUqIQQRRIYgeuuba-9QcSx9WCA2aDg\">Web<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/2HVkg\/image\">Archived<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under the comment section of this image, \u201cbatjorge\u201d stated that it is a 3D fractal digital work, done with Mandelbulb 3D software and nothing else. His comments can be viewed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deviantart.com\/comments\/1\/701081007\/4850335256\">here<\/a>.<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/Cl4TO\">Archived<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the profile of the Spanish artist \u201cbatjorge\u201d (Jorge Abalo) he is a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fractal_art\">Fractal Artists<\/a> and have been creating many such digital artworks for a while now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"982\" height=\"362\" src=\"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-68.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-68.png 982w, https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-68-300x111.png 300w, https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-68-768x283.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 982px) 100vw, 982px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mandelbulb.com\/2014\/artist-profile-jorge-abalo\/\">Link<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/wip\/stpJd\">Archived<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Mandelbulb website explaining about their Fractal Rendering software can be viewed as seen below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"894\" height=\"412\" src=\"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-69.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-69.png 894w, https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-69-300x138.png 300w, https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-69-768x354.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 894px) 100vw, 894px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mandelbulb.com\/2014\/mandelbulb-3d-mb3d-fractal-rendering-software\/\">Web<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/wliXO\">Archived<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We checked the social media profiles of Jorge Abalo (batjorge) and noticed many similar artworks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-70.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-70.png 790w, https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-70-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-70-768x462.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jorge.abalo.5\/photos\">FB<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/batjorgito\/\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What is Fractal Art?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The website <a href=\"https:\/\/fractalfoundation.org\/resources\/what-are-fractals\/\">fractalfoundation.org<\/a> defines Fractal as \u201ca never-ending, infinitely complex patterns that are self-similar across different scales\u201d. It also explains that Fractals represent dynamic systems and the nature is full of examples of fractals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Galapagos Islands National Park has been a heaven for deep sea experts and several new deep sea creatures have been found recently including various types of corals as well. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/world\/thirty-new-deep-water-species-including-bamboo-corals-sponges-discovered-in-the-galapagos-8722981.html\">First Post<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow us and stay up-to-date with our latest fact checks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/factcrescendosl\/\"><strong>Facebook<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/factcrescendosl\"><strong>Twitter<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/factcrescendo_sl\/\"><strong>Instagram<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMODMpgswyNe-Aw\"><strong>Google News<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Conclusion<\/strong>:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From our investigation, it is evident that the photo which is claimed as a new coral species found near the Galapagos Islands, is not a real photograph. Instead the image depicting a coral structure is a 3D fractal artwork done by a Spanish Fractal Artist called \u201cbatjorge\u201d (Jorge Abalo) using Mandelbulb 3D, a software dedicated for 3D fractal imaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/fact-check-image-of-sea-pen-gone-viral-as-a-rare-flower-in-the-himalayas\/\">This is not the rare Nagaraja flower from the Himalayas; Find out the truth!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!DOCTYPE html>\n\t\t\t<html>\n\t\t\t<head>\n\t\t\t<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width, initial-scale=1\">\n\t\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t.container {\n\t\t\t  border: 2px solid #000;\n\t\t\t  background-color: #eee;\n\t\t\t  border-radius: 5px;\n\t\t\t  padding: 16px;\n\t\t\t  margin: 16px 0\n\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t.container::after {\n\t\t\t  content: \"\";\n\t\t\t  clear: both;\n\t\t\t  display: table;\n\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t.container img {\n\t\t\t  float: left;\n\t\t\t  margin-right: 20px;\n\t\t\t  border-radius: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t.container span {\n\t\t\t  font-size: 20px;\n\t\t\t  margin-right: 15px;\n\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t@media (max-width: 500px) {\n\t\t\t  .container {\n\t\t\t\t  text-align: center;\n\t\t\t  }\n\t\t\t  .container img {\n\t\t\t\t  margin: auto;\n\t\t\t\t  float: none;\n\t\t\t\t  display: block;\n\t\t\t  }\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t\t<\/head>\n\t\t\t<body>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Misleading.png\n\" alt=\"Avatar\" style=\"width:120px\">\n\t\t\t  <p><span>Title:<\/span>This is NOT a New Coral Species found near the Galapagos Islands!<\/p>\n\t\t\t  <strong>Fact Check By:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:info@factcrescendo.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kalana Krishantha<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong>\n\t\t\t  <p><strong>Result:<\/strong> Misleading<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/body>\n\t\t\t<\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Environmental photography has become a rage among nature lovers around the world enabled by rapidly evolving technology. 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