{"id":1115043,"date":"2021-12-13T15:14:07","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T20:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1115043"},"modified":"2021-12-13T15:14:10","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T20:14:10","slug":"fact-check-does-this-video-show-mount-semeru-erupting-in-early-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-video-show-mount-semeru-erupting-in-early-december\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Does This Video Show Mount Semeru Erupting In Early December?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-does-this-video-show-mount-semeru-erupting-in-early-december%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1115043&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>A video <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/zionbluecity\/videos\/1077857253013089\/?t=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> purportedly shows Indonesia\u2019s Mount Semeru erupting on Dec. 4.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The video actually combines a photo of the Tumpak Sewu waterfalls with an animation of Chile\u2019s Calbuco volcano erupting in 2015.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Mount Semeru, a volcano located in East Java, Indonesia, erupted Dec. 4, causing significant damage to nearby villages and killing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/picture-gallery\/news\/world\/2021\/12\/08\/death-toll-rises-indonesia-volcano-eruption-mount-semeru\/6430530001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">dozens<\/a> of people, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/images\/149198\/a-deadly-day-on-mount-semeru\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NASA Earth Observatory<\/a>. Over 3,000 people have also been displaced from their homes due to the eruption, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2021\/12\/8\/rush-to-evacuate-animals-in-indonesia-after-mt-semeru-eruption\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Al Jazeera<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Following the volcanic activity, a video allegedly capturing Semeru\u2019s eruption was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/zionbluecity\/videos\/1077857253013089\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a>, where it has garnered over 730 views so far. In the video, a volcano appears to be spewing massive clouds of smoke and ash into the sky, with a forest-surrounded waterfall in the foreground. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/06\/10\/fact-check-volcano-erupting-congo-iceland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Does This Video Show A Volcano Erupting In The Democratic Republic Of The Congo?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This video, however, was not taken during Semeru\u2019s eruption. A reverse image search revealed that the volcano pictured in the background of the video is actually the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Calbuco\/@-41.3303872,-72.6262254,5491m\/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x9619d3d6f9397329:0xafd4dfaa59ea7b65!8m2!3d-41.330389!4d-72.6087158\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Calbuco volcano<\/a> located in southern Chile. Back in April 2015, that volcano <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/video\/2015\/apr\/23\/chile-volcano-calbuco-eruption-video\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">erupted<\/a> for the first time in over 40 years, according to the Smithsonian Institution\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/volcano.si.edu\/volcano.cfm?vn=358020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Global Volcanism Program<\/a>. A photo of the 2015 Calbuco eruption <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/photo\/calbuco-volcano-april-2015-royalty-free-image\/997969362?adppopup=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">on Getty Images<\/a> matches the volcanic eruption occurring in the background of the Facebook video.<\/p>\n<p>The waterfall shown in the video is called the Tumpak Sewu waterfall, as seen in stock photos on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alamy.com\/view-from-above-stunning-aerial-view-of-the-tumpak-sewu-waterfalls-also-known-as-coban-sewu-with-clouds-raising-from-the-canyon-semeru-volcano-in-th-image336440792.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alamy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.istockphoto.com\/photo\/semeru-mountain-with-tumpak-sewu-waterfall-gm1095789570-294172859\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iStock<\/a> and in aerial footage shared on Youtube by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CSimvD_5CCQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Suwandi Chandra Photography<\/a>. While this waterfall is located <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Panorama+tumpak+sewu+lumajang\/@-8.2298424,112.9185943,2478m\/data=!3m1!1e3!4m12!1m6!3m5!1s0x2dd614085869da41:0x4a94cc5f06772982!2sAir+Terjun+Tumpak+Sewu+Lumajang!8m2!3d-8.2300401!4d112.9201251!3m4!1s0x2dd6133d702a1c4d:0xc28661fad28325b!8m2!3d-8.2313295!4d112.9178261\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">near<\/a> Mount Semeru in East Java, the video shared on Facebook is fabricated. It appears to combine a picture of the Tumpak Sewu waterfalls with an animation of the 2015 Calbuco eruption.<\/p>\n<p>The Weather Channel has published <a href=\"https:\/\/weather.com\/news\/trending\/video\/see-dramatic-images-before-and-after-mount-semeru-eruption\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">satellite imagery<\/a> showing before and after Semeru\u2019s recent eruption.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video shared on Facebook purportedly shows Indonesia\u2019s Mount Semeru erupting on Dec. 4.Verdict: False The video actually combines a photo of the Tumpak Sewu waterfalls with an animation of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1115043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1115043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1115043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1115043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1115043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1115043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1115043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}