Forensic Photoshop Program Might Explain If Iconic 2009 Tabloid Photo of "Crying Face on Glacier Wall" is Fake

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Pictured: Haunting face crying a river of tears as glacier melts into the sea

By Alex Millson
3 September 2009

At first glimpse it looks like any other glacier you might find in the freezing Arctic wastes of Norway.



But on closer inspection an eerie face is depicted in the melting ice wall that appears to be crying a river of tears.

The forlorn-looking 'Mother Nature' figure appeared to locals during a thaw, with the melting ice and snow falling towards the sea below.

The striking image of the Austfonna ice cap, located on Nordaustlandet in the Svalbard archipelago, would seem certain to be heavily used by environmentalists protesting against climate change.





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