[justlurking]

Followup: F-16 ejection photo has been confirmed to be authentic by the original publisher:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1069982/posts

[Darksheare]

Weird.
Initially it was said tobe photoshopped.
Of course, photoshopped could mean they lightened the image, darkened the glare, or defuzzied some fuzziness.
Since it was released as official..*shrugs*

If it really was 'photoshopped', that means it was somewhat cleaned up and made less glare and fuzz plagued.
(I am told that it is now routine to clean up an image slightly to reduce glare and improve clarity.)
Since it isn't photoshopped in the sense that it is 'faked', it's a heck of a scary image!