Photo Of 'View Of California Wildfire Above The Clouds' Is Shared On Social Media With A Fake Claim, Here’s The Truth About The Viral Picture

Over the last few days, terrifying footage from the wildfires from Oregon and California is being shared online. The hazy skies turning orange & red and the thick smoke everywhere is all over the Twitter timeline. An image of red clouds is being circulated online with claims of them being over these raging fires. An aerial picture of a layer of red clouds in the sky is being shared with claims like, "California fire view above the clouds" or "The California wildfires from above the clouds”. Although the picture is impressive, the claims are fake. The picture is from a splendid sunset from Hawaii. An old picture of sunset has been passed along with fake claims of the aftermath of California wildfires.

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