Fake Hurricane Sandy Photos Blow Through Tumblr, Instagram, Twitter

Today the Internet is full of astonishing photos of Hurricane Sandy, the category-1 hurricane that's working its way along the East Coast. Unfortunately, a lot of the most dramatic images are stock photos that have either been altered or simply reused. Want to know which pictures are real? Here are three places you can go.

Today the Internet is full of astonishing photos of Hurricane Sandy, the category-1 hurricane that’s working its way along the East Coast.

Unfortunately, a lot of the most dramatic images are stock photos that have either been altered or simply reused. Want to know which pictures are real? Here are three places you can go.

1. The Atlantic will be sourcing, updating, and labeling its list of popular photos with big graphics that separate the real pictures from the fake ones.

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