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<br /><ul><li>An image claiming to be of Diwali lights seen from space makes the rounds on social networks every year.</li><li>The image is in fact many images to show how population has grown in India from 1992 to 2003.</li><li>The only thing that's true is that it's an image of lights.</li></ul>Every year a colourful picture of India makes the rounds on Diwali. The only thing is people claim that it’s a picture of India taken from space on Diwali night. In reality, it’s a picture created by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (<a href="http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/dmsp/interest/india.html">NOAA</a>) to highlight the population growth in India — back in 2003.<br /><br />And, it’s not just one photo. It’s a many images stitched together with overlaid data.<br /><br />
  
  
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<br />The one fact that’s accurate is that it’s a picture of lights. The white lights show where city were visible before 1992, blue lights for 1992, green lights for 1998 and red for 2003.<br /><br />Another picture that's commonly circulated, claiming to be of India on Diwali night, is an actual satellite image of India's night from an ordinary day. <br /><br />
  
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<br />If you want to see a picture of India from space on Diwali night, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (<a href="https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/79682/south-asian-night-lights">NASA</a>) has one from 2012 taken by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on board the Suomi NPP satellite.<br /><br />
	
  
  
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It’s time India got over the fake Diwali picture

<ul><li><strong><keyword id="6357912" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="amitabh-bachchan">Amitabh Bachchan</keyword> was among the many twitter users who shared a fake picture of the 9 pm-9 minute on April 5. <br /></strong></li><li><strong>Hundreds of twitter users claimed that this picture was shared by The National Aeronautics and Space Administration after 9pm. <br /></strong></li><li><strong>NASA has not shared any satellite pictures yet. <br /></strong></li></ul>Soon after India came out to light diyas and candles to show solidarity on April 5, <keyword id="1467301" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="fake-pictures">fake pictures</keyword> of the 9 pm-9 minute event started doing the rounds on social media. Among the ones who shared it was Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan. <br /><br /><br /><div type="twitter" handle="SrBachchan" handlename="Amitabh Bachchan" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1138177088136011776/Rnp146CU_normal.jpg" favoritecount="47026" retweetcount="4488" status="The World sees us .. we are ONE .. https://t.co/68k9NagfkI" createdat="1586110770000" id="1246865058690297856"></div><br />Hundreds of Twitter users claimed that this picture was shared by The National Aeronautics and Space Administration after 9pm on Sunday. However, that is false. NASA has not shared any satellite pictures yet. <br /><br />Moreover, it was not just one photo. There were many fake images. Some of these pictures are the same as those widely circulated on Diwali. While these images were shared by some international institutions but it is not related to with how India looked after millions of people came to their balconies with torches and candles. <br /><strong><br />Here’s how it actually went: <br /></strong><br />Many Bollywood stars including Amitabh Bachchan, Lata Mangeshkar, Rajinikanth and Akshay Kumar, lit candles and lamps on Sunday, responding to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal to show solidarity in the country's fight against coronavirus.<br /><br /><div type="twitter" handle="mangeshkarlata" handlename="Lata Mangeshkar" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/995562014/142_PHOTO_normal.jpg" favoritecount="21853" retweetcount="2144" status="नमस्कार. माननीय प्रधानमंत्री नरेन्द्रभाई मोदी जी के आवाहन पर आओ सब मिलकर दिया जलाए.. @narendramodi… https://t.co/a4BJpchn6N" createdat="1586101069000" id="1246824369269211136"></div><br />The prime minister on Friday, urged people to switch off lights at their homes and light lamps, candles or turn on mobile phone torches for nine minutes at 9 pm on April 5 as a gesture to "challenge the darkness spread by the corona crisis".<br /><br /><div type="twitter" handle="narendramodi" handlename="Narendra Modi" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1134082549041393672/QbihPzrL_normal.png" favoritecount="443634" retweetcount="103072" status="शुभं करोति कल्याणमारोग्यं धनसंपदा ।शत्रुबुद्धिविनाशाय दीपज्योतिर्नमोऽस्तुते ॥ https://t.co/4DeiMsCN11" createdat="1586102646000" id="1246830985288642560"></div><br />Bachchan, 77, shared pictures of him lighting a torch, mentioning a line from his father Harivansh Rai Bachchan's poem in the caption.<br /><br /><div type="twitter" handle="SrBachchan" handlename="Amitabh Bachchan" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1138177088136011776/Rnp146CU_normal.jpg" favoritecount="36226" retweetcount="2593" status="T 3492 -&quot; है अँधेरी रात पर दीवा जलाना कब माना है  &quot; ... another epic poem of my Father .. and how visionary it has… https://t.co/Gk5xAF55fN" createdat="1586111359000" id="1246867528845942786"></div><br /><br />Mangeshkar shared a photo of herself lighting a diya. Akshay Kumar posted a picture of him holding a candle. <br /><div type="twitter" handle="rajinikanth" handlename="Rajinikanth" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/980000107415314432/pJ3ANCkn_normal.jpg" favoritecount="90933" retweetcount="15235" status="#StayHomeStaySafe #Solidarity #Unity #IndiaFightsCoronavirus 🙏🏻 https://t.co/4LSSsfpVFa" createdat="1586102354000" id="1246829761353023488"></div><br />Sharing a picture with his wife Latha, superstar Rajinikanth tweeted, "#StayHomeStaySafe #Solidarity #Unity #IndiaFightsCoronavirus." Actor couple Deepika-Ranveer shared a picture, where the "Gully Boy" star is holding a candle. "9pm9Minutes" the duo captioned the picture.<br /><br /><div type="INSTAGRAMURL" thumbUrl="https://scontent-del1-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/s640x640/92076175_110370697116327_7898296167625571301_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-del1-1.cdninstagram.com&amp;_nc_cat=1&amp;_nc_ohc=WRs1icazGoIAX8zJhPQ&amp;oh=a6d9dd8cf47f2f1525f0e26277c0625c&amp;oe=5EB4C09D" caption="🪔 #9pm9minutes" user="ranveersingh" cmsId="1586147065417"><url><![CDATA[https://www.instagram.com/p/B-mwTjEh7Sf/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link]]></url><permalink><![CDATA[https://www.instagram.com/p/B-mwTjEh7Sf/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading]]></permalink><payload><![CDATA[]]></payload></div><br />Anil uploaded a video on the microblogging site and captioned it as: "All in this together." The clip showed his house, decked with lamps, with the "Malang" actor holding a candle and walking with prayer chants in the background.<br /><br /><div type="twitter" handle="AnilKapoor" handlename="Anil Kapoor" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1232951548071702530/m9Jn86lP_normal.jpg" favoritecount="30052" retweetcount="1901" status="All in this together 🙏🏻#9pm9minutes #IndiaFightsCorona #StayHomeStaySafe @PMOIndia @narendramodi https://t.co/3rxYXnU9iT" createdat="1586101895000" id="1246827834686898177"></div><br />Madhuri Dixit said people are united in order to fight this pandemic. <br /><div type="twitter" handle="MadhuriDixit" handlename="Madhuri Dixit Nene" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1179629959293239296/AsPKmkVT_normal.jpg" favoritecount="1804" retweetcount="114" status="To my 87 year old mother in law, a prayer for all of us, last night. https://t.co/SlUQrrq2O7" createdat="1586144277000" id="1247005599092453376"></div>Aishwarya Rai Bachchan shared a family picture with lamps, sans caption on Instagram.Actor Alia Bhatt said light holds more depth than just "illuminating our lives" and in the current times, it signifies hope.<br /><div type="INSTAGRAMURL" thumbUrl="https://scontent-del1-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/s640x640/91630568_624789694918900_321510320577041291_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-del1-1.cdninstagram.com&amp;_nc_cat=1&amp;_nc_ohc=YQguRNqt7ygAX-TO2LO&amp;oh=6d9c98d261f5c9862e1e1750d9eb7af7&amp;oe=5EB44060" caption="When I was younger I would kiss my dad on his forehead before going off to school and after every kiss he would say “ Aaaaaah .. light aa gayi “ I might have not fully understood what it meant back then.. but because of his response I understood that light has wayyyyyy more depth than just illuminating our lives. Light means so much. It’s hope, beauty, strength.. today it was unity.. But no matter where we are and what we are going through we must always try and keep the light within us alive 🔥" user="aliaabhatt" cmsId="1586147110221"><url><![CDATA[https://www.instagram.com/p/B-mutXZl2Hs/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link]]></url><permalink><![CDATA[https://www.instagram.com/p/B-mutXZl2Hs/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading]]></permalink><payload><![CDATA[]]></payload></div><br /><br />Actor Anushka Sharma shared a picture of her lighting a lamp, along with cricketer-husband Virat Kohli, and wrote how she has prayed every day since "the turn of the recent events across the world".<br /><br /><br /><div type="INSTAGRAMURL" thumbUrl="https://scontent-del1-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/e35/s612x612/92456704_242493800176610_6373671446285841972_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-del1-1.cdninstagram.com&amp;_nc_cat=1&amp;_nc_ohc=W3AeTL5jQKEAX9-AkLB&amp;oh=295d3acab6f0198e3bb12c5a1a896a86&amp;oe=5EB4AFD5" caption="I light a diya everyday for many years now. And as I light the diya I seek guidance, asking for the darkness in me to be dispelled. For many days since the turn of the recent events across the world, I have prayed to God to end the suffering of so many who are losing their lives without their families beside them, for the less-fortunate and the needy whose lives have turned upside down completely, for all the healthcare professionals who are working tirelessly &amp; bravely to protect the lives of other beings, for those who are uncertain about their jobs and future. So tonight, I prayed extra for everyone and I lit diyas with the whole of India and we all prayed for each other. Prayers never go in vain. 🪔💜✨" user="anushkasharma" cmsId="1586147119826"><url><![CDATA[https://www.instagram.com/p/B-mvM4JpmRA/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link]]></url><permalink><![CDATA[https://www.instagram.com/p/B-mvM4JpmRA/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading]]></permalink><payload><![CDATA[]]></payload></div><br /><br />Actor Vicky Kaushal shared a picture of candle diyas on Instagram Story and captioned it as "light and positivity to all!"<br /><br /><div type="INSTAGRAMURL" thumbUrl="https://scontent-del1-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/p640x640/92480042_1091648844514674_1889855021892708647_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-del1-1.cdninstagram.com&amp;_nc_cat=1&amp;_nc_ohc=TdrXItxj7Y8AX_h8K_r&amp;oh=f71ab30d983123e61e094b193d9311e5&amp;oe=5EB5CB48" caption="To unity. To togetherness. To us! ✨🙏" user="vickykaushal09" cmsId="1586147127948"><url><![CDATA[https://www.instagram.com/p/B-mwHDGJv57/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link]]></url><permalink><![CDATA[https://www.instagram.com/p/B-mwHDGJv57/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading]]></permalink><payload><![CDATA[]]></payload></div><br />Filmmaker Karan Johar took to Instagram and shared a video, where his children, Ruhi and Yash, along with his mother Hiroo, lit candles and used flashlights.<div type="INSTAGRAMURL" thumbUrl="https://scontent-del1-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/p640x640/91914888_270657117279276_5762300578742095232_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-del1-1.cdninstagram.com&amp;_nc_cat=1&amp;_nc_ohc=HGg_Th83FCgAX_Vctmr&amp;oh=2f63327039a6ecca6d09d6e6f31d5d49&amp;oe=5E8CCFC1" caption="Let there be light.....there is light at the end of this dark tunnel...." user="karanjohar" cmsId="1586147131838"><url><![CDATA[https://www.instagram.com/p/B-msqGFJLOv/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link]]></url><permalink><![CDATA[https://www.instagram.com/p/B-msqGFJLOv/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading]]></permalink><payload><![CDATA[]]></payload></div><br />Among those who also shared their pictures of lighting candles were Taapsee Pannu, Paresh Rawal, Randeep Hooda, Sunil Grover, Pawan Kalyan, Dulquer Salmaan, Nagarjuna, Janhvi Kapoor, among others.<br /><br />This was the second such mass activity undertaken by the citizens of the country after PM Modi''s March 22 Janata Curfew initiative, where people clapped and clangled utensils to express gratitude to those who have been providing essential services during this crisis. However, there were stars who also criticised the use of firecrackers during this exercise.<br /><br />"People are bursting crackers. Just FYI. The dogs are freaking out. Do people think it's Diwali? I'm so confused," tweeted Sonam Kapoor. Actor Adil Hussain also wondered why some people in south Delhi burst crackers.<br />See also:  <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/news/a-tiger-at-the-bronx-zoo-tested-positive-for-covid-19-after-coming-into-contact-with-an-asymptomatic-caretaker/articleshow/75000701.cms">A tiger at the Bronx Zoo tested positive for COVID-19 after coming into contact with an asymptomatic caretaker</a><br />

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