19 Viral Images That Definitely Aren't Hurricane Sandy

Don't be awestruck by how incredible or heart-wrenching some of these photos may look; they didn't happen during Hurricane Sandy. Don't be fooled into sharing these!

These ones surfaced in the aftermath of Sandy:

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The image of this man piggybacking his dog was taken during a tropical storm in the Philippines in 2011.

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Via Twitter: @milesmaker

The picture of this seal was from a flooded zoo in Duluth, Minnesota, back in June, according to Snopes. It was retweeted 1,274 times.

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The infamous subway scuba diver has traveled everywhere — from Times Square to Bergen and Smith Street stations in Brooklyn now too, which are definitely not flooded.

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The shark photos originally surfaced on Facebook but made their way through Twitter and Instagram — claiming to be floating around a flooded Brigantine, New Jersey, neighborhood. Snopes points out that they're all Photoshopped.

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The ominous clouds over the George Washington Bridge in New York City are real, but this picture (NOT from Hurricane Sandy) is currently for sale on Getty Images.

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This photo of a pier collapsing in Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, is from 2011, during Hurricane Irene.

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From the movie The Day After Tomorrow.

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Another Day After Tomorrow image on Twitter, a popular movie choice for pictures of Manhattan during Hurricane Sandy.

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Via instagram.com

This satellite image was taken from the International Space Station in 2010 of Hurricane Danielle.

And from our original post, 11 Viral Images That Aren't Hurricane Sandy:

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This is often credited as Hurricane Isabel, but Snopes says it is not so: Its provenance is not known but some think it was a 2003 tropical cyclone in Australia.

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blogs.phillymag.com

A Photoshop job of the Statue of Liberty and a supercell thunderstorm from 2004 taken by photographer Mike Hollingshead.

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Via media.salon.com

This image is from a video called "Flooded McDonald's," once part of a French art installation by the Danish Group Superflex. Not the real thing.

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This Manhattan skyline fake has been floating around Twitter and Instagram today, but was originally on a Wall Street Journal post from 2011.

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This photo was taken during a storm in September 2012, in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

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Crazy satellite picture...of Hurricane Ike.

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allthingsd.com

The Perfect Storm.

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Twitter: @ry_hudson

From the movie Deep Impact.

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Instagram jokes.

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From the movie The Day After Tomorrow.