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Surprising case of photoshopping explained at the very end. Smithsonian Magazine has the same photo but without the man in it! I can't tell which is the origina

• geoduck14 4y ago
  My vote: both original, but taken several minutes apart. Look at the man's legs. They are blocking some wires and tape - which you can't see at all in the picture with the man. In the picture without the man, the wires and tape were added. If you photoshopped the man out, you wouldn't also add the wire and tape. Look at the reflection of the man in the solar panels. The reflection is great - far better than what I would expect from 1905 technology. Also, the caption of that photo says it "contains Mr. Cove", so the photographer included a picture of a human in the picture. I suppose the original may have included a human, but not that human.
  • sacrosancty 4y ago
    That's a good point. I was probably blinded by the claims in the TFA to realize it.