This photo was captured somewhat 18 years ago in 1999 by one Ralph A Clevenger, a professional nature and underwater photographer. According to Clevenger, the image is a composite of four different photos taken at different locations around the planet. The images were then pieced together in Photoshop.
Our Minister Ong Ye Kung who posted that same photo lied saying he’d gotten the photo “from a former colleague, who in turn got it from a rig manager working on an offshore rig at Newfoundland on 12.9.2017″. He added, “The sea was calm, sun directly overhead, and the diver managed to get a perfect shot. It shows how small we humans are compared to the creations of Mother Nature.”
On a separate but related note, in June this year, Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam said that news laws will be introduced to combat the “very serious” nature of fake news. The laws may involve working with online platforms to track and debunk falsehoods.
Source: Cinorom Elicebmi
