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VANITY: Photo of polar bears in global warming headline PHOTOSHOPPED?
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Posted on 02/02/2007 11:53:41 AM PST by OKSooner
I think it's photoshopped.
TOPICS: Unclassified; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: blovatalwarming; fakephotos; globalcooling; globalhysteria; globalwarming; globalwarmingfraud; makingitup; polarbears; waronerror; zogbyism
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To: GourmetDan
No kidding. I saw polar bears swimming at the zoo before I could walk. I'm not convinced that they can climb ice like that, unless
a) they just walked over from whatever it is that isn't pictured on the right, or
b) they're photoshopped.
I think the latter is the case. Look how they're both looking up at something, even from a high vantage point on the ice. If they were on top of something, it would be most likely that they'd be looking down.
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posted on
02/02/2007 12:08:14 PM PST
by
OKSooner
To: Williams
I think the photo was cropped to not show other ice nearby. I don't see any photoshopping evidence. Thats not to say it couldn't be. I'm pretty good at it myself but far from the best. There are some very skillfull shoppers out there. Those bears look to be in pretty good shape, not exactly starving or anything.
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posted on
02/02/2007 12:08:43 PM PST
by
Leg Olam
("Somethings got to go, either me or that wallpaper.." last words, Oscar Wilde)
To: OKSooner
Photo shopped?
Nawhh, go to the zoo/circus and those bears are all the sudden acrobats--very agile when trying to get a few scraps of junk food.
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posted on
02/02/2007 12:08:44 PM PST
by
Natchez Hawk
(Sean Payton 2008)
To: libs_kma
To me, it looks like these polar bears have gotten themselves into a fix. They obviously do not know how to survive in these hostile natural conditions. We need to capture them and put them in a zoo where they will be safe from mother nature.
To: OKSooner; PBRSTREETGANG
TO THE RESCUE!
To: OKSooner
Not photoshopped. Also not an indication of "global warming". Those bears can get on or off that iceberg at will. For that matter they weren't on there when the ice formed that way either. They aren't stuck or in danger.
To: GourmetDan
Probably some tasty seals out there.
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posted on
02/02/2007 12:09:06 PM PST
by
ican'tbelieveit
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To: Joe 6-pack
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posted on
02/02/2007 12:09:12 PM PST
by
iceskater
(One person's mess is another person's filing system.)
To: OKSooner
It doesn't look Photoshopped to me.
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posted on
02/02/2007 12:09:18 PM PST
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: oyez
You are right - they're looking for fish. When they see some, they'll dive in and get them.
If an environmentalist swims by, same story.
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posted on
02/02/2007 12:09:21 PM PST
by
Argus
To: PBRSTREETGANG
Can we get the Red Cross to air drop them some hay or something? Maybe Nancy Pelosi can loan them a C-130 or something :-)
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posted on
02/02/2007 12:09:49 PM PST
by
rabidralph
(Hoo-ray, Beer!)
To: Desperately Seeking Freedom
Polar bears have survived as a species through previous natural warming cycles that featured higher temperatures than we're talking about now. I think they'll do fine.
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posted on
02/02/2007 12:10:17 PM PST
by
Argus
To: aruanan
I'm not suggesting they're trapped. I know that polar bears can swim. I DON'T know that they can climb ice structures like the supposedly "melting" ice floes in that picture. I'm suggesting they're photoshopped.
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posted on
02/02/2007 12:10:20 PM PST
by
OKSooner
To: PBRSTREETGANG
Wow, I didn't know these bears could climb 20+ feet of ice straight up,(as heavy as they are)!
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posted on
02/02/2007 12:10:26 PM PST
by
Las Vegas Dave
(HDTV ping list, please FReepmail me if you would like your name added.)
To: OKSooner
The forground and backround values do look very suspicious -it has the look of a pretty good photoshopped image. I am going to try and put the image into another program I have so I can measure the luminance across the image. That usualy gives a pretty good if it is fake or not.
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posted on
02/02/2007 12:10:59 PM PST
by
Rodney Kings Brain
("veritas odium parit" - "truth begets hatred")
To: Argus; oyez
If they're up high like that looking for fish they would be looking DOWN. These bears are looking UP. I don't think they're hunting for sea gulls. I think they're photoshopped.
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posted on
02/02/2007 12:11:24 PM PST
by
OKSooner
To: SolidWood
It says they are a "symbol" and "look" trapped and are a "metaphor". I agree it's misdirection, but they never claim the bears actually are trapped. As I mentioned, they pulled this with bears spotted swimming in the open sea last time. So this year the bears have ice, disproving global warming.
For God's sake the bears can easily swim 100 miles. They look incredibly healthy. BTW they like to stalk and eat humans.
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posted on
02/02/2007 12:11:32 PM PST
by
Williams
To: GRRRRR
Yea... well... good luck with that.
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posted on
02/02/2007 12:12:51 PM PST
by
farlander
(Strategery - sure beats liberalism!)
To: OKSooner
You may be right.
I'm thinking it was just a couple of bears parked at a rest stop.
They can leave whenever they choose.
The image was obviously used to support the idea that the bears went to sleep on a glazier and woke up stranded on an ice cube. That plays to the morons that nominated Gore for an Academy Award.
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posted on
02/02/2007 12:12:53 PM PST
by
TET1968
(SI MINOR PLUS EST ERGO NIHIL SUNT OMNIA)
To: iceskater
...or on his campaign's own chances...
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posted on
02/02/2007 12:13:07 PM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Voted Free Republic's Most Eligible Bachelor: 2006. Love them Diebold machines.)
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