7 fake Hurricane Sandy photos you might be sharing on social media

It’s hard to not look at Facebook and Twitter without seeing some pretty amazing images of Hurricane Sandy. In the instant pace of posting pictures, many are foregoing a fact-check. Mashable breaks down fake Hurricane Sandy photos flying around social media that actually weren’t taken during the storm. One was even a wallpaper used from the film The Day After Tomorrow !

FAKE:

From Mashable: The moving photo purporting to show soldiers standing guard at the Arlington National Cemetery monument during Hurricane Sandy quickly spread on the social web. But the Old Guard pointed out that the photo was actually a shot taken in September.

On Facebook, the group shared a real image taken during the early hours of the storm.

My favorite fake: The infamous shark swimming in the streets of New Jersey. This photo was also used in 2011 during Hurricane Irene and quickly debunked. C’mon people if hurricanes weren’t scary enough? Sharks! It was actually taken in 2005 during a storm in Puerto Rico . But I do believe this explains Gov. Chris Christie’s ” don’t be stupid!” press conference , followed with “the adults are taking care of business, so don’t get scared of the sharks!” (Not really but it seems he might make a better weatherman than President.)

Check the list of photos from Mashable HERE .