# Is this photo just released by Iran of a ballistic launch a Photoshop? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 9, 2016, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-photo-just-released-by-iran-of-a-ballistic-launch-a-photoshop/759499 "2016-07-09T20:48:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2016, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-photo-just-released-by-iran-of-a-ballistic-launch-a-photoshop/759499/21 "2016-07-11T21:56:50Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > Waitaminit. I just looked at this: **pulykammel** , you’re making a joke, right, and saying that it’s obviously fake? I do not think it is a fake. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-photo-just-released-by-iran-of-a-ballistic-launch-a-photoshop/759499/22 "2016-07-12T00:29:34Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > Waitaminit. I just looked at this: **pulykammel** , you’re making a joke, right, and saying that it’s obviously fake? > > The only way to reconcile the two views is if the OP one is taken from deep below and to the left of the camera in your shot, facing the rightmost hill, so the wires would optically appear to overlap it. > > Neither distances nor foreshortening reflect this. The wires are very close to the camera in both photos, so you don’t have to move far for the wires to be in a completely different position while the distant missile and more distant hills look the same. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-photo-just-released-by-iran-of-a-ballistic-launch-a-photoshop/759499.md?page=1)