• What is the type of terrain/environment in the shot? 3. Confirm the image is what it is labeled/suggested to be showing An image may be authentic, but it could be inaccurately labeled. For example, during Hurricane Sandy, this image spread widely on Twitter and was described as being a shot of three soldiers standing guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during the storm: The image was accurate in that it did show soldiers at the Tomb. But it had been taken a month earlier, not during Sandy7. The picture had been posted on the Facebook page of the First Army Division East. As part of verifying the date, time and approximate location of an image, it’s also important you confirm that the image is what it purports to be. An authentic image can still be placed 39