Post shows 2018 Indonesia volcanic eruption flipped and sped up, not the Philippines' Mount Kanlaon

After Mount Kanlaon on the island of Negros in the Philippines erupted on June 3, 2024, posts showing lava exploding from a mountain top began to circulate with claims it showed the event.

The posts were widely shared and viewed hundreds of thousands of times – but they do not show the June 3 eruption of Mount Kanlaon. Using a reverse image search, Manila-based Jan Cuyco found the original footage used in the post.

It was lifted from a 2018 video posted by Germany-based photographer Martin Rietze on his YouTube channel. In the false posts, the footage was flipped and sped up.

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Видео Post shows 2018 Indonesia volcanic eruption flipped and sped up, not the Philippines' Mount Kanlaon канала AFP News Agency