Fact Check: Don’t Fall For This Image! The Beautiful ‘Brazil’ Landscape Next To Amazon Rainforest Is Not Real

<p>A post circulating on social media (<a title=”here” href=”https://www.facebook.com/elon.musk19871/posts/pfbid0FGgsKaGs2X9TsyENq3yzMwdGAp64bsoMtzd1sshE2dULbt7Sfs6Ja4nPd1TEBpfnl” target=”_blank” rel=”nofollow noopener”>here</a>, <a href=”https://www.threads.net/@wehavethedata/post/DHPJHE5p5Ww/pretty-radbrasil-manaus” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>here</a>, and <a title=”here” href=”https://www.facebook.com/search/posts/?q=This%20is%20the%20city%20of%20Manaus%2C%20Brazil.%20A%20place%20where%20modern%20human%20civilization%20abruptly%20stops%2C%20replaced%20by%20the%20immense%20Amazon%20rainforest.” target=”_blank” rel=”nofollow noopener”>here</a>) features a photo showing a sharp divide between a city and a lush forest. It is being shared with claims that the image depicts the Brazilian city of Manaus meeting the Amazon rainforest, with the caption: &ldquo;This is the city of Manaus, Brazil. A place where modern human civilization abruptly stops, replaced by the immense Amazon rainforest.&rdquo; Let&rsquo;s verify the claim made in the post through this article.</p>
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<p><strong>Claim:</strong> The photo shows a sharp divide between the city of Manaus and the lush Amazon rainforest in Brazil.</p>
<p><strong>Fact:</strong> The image is AI-generated. While Manaus is indeed bordered by the Amazon rainforest, the viral photo is not an actual depiction of the city. AI detection tools confirm it was created using artificial intelligence. Hence, the claim made in the post is MISLEADING.</p>
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<p>A Google Lens search of the viral photo led to multiple posts featuring the same image. The website&rsquo;s &ldquo;About this image&rdquo; feature <a title=”indicated” href=”https://www.google.com/search/about-this-image?img=H4sIAAAAAAAAAFMy5zLlWDuh9cqmFavWv2YUYJJgVFIxNTG3TDU0ttBNMk210DVJMjHSTTSySNM1BrIMTc2TLFMsDADa13ViOQAAAA&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjy_qTMgZiMAxVahlYBHU2zEOgQs6gLegQICRAB” target=”_blank” rel=”nofollow noopener”>indicated</a> that the image was created using Google&rsquo;s AI tools and was first indexed one week ago.</p>
<p><img src=”https://feeds.abplive.com/onecms/images/uploaded-images/2025/03/21/e0308cd7b2636951867dbe80596b54c81742550987928236_original.jpg” width=”720″ /></p>
<p>To confirm this, we utilized <a title=”Sightengine&rsquo;s” href=”https://sightengine.com/detect-ai-generated-images” target=”_blank” rel=”nofollow noopener”>Sightengine&rsquo;s</a> AI image detection tool, which determined with 99% confidence that the image was generated using artificial intelligence.&nbsp;</p>
<p><img src=”https://feeds.abplive.com/onecms/images/uploaded-images/2025/03/21/5150270bab3b6e419d8ea5c45b4f14a31742551027831236_original.jpg” width=”720″ /></p>
<p>To further verify, we used another tool <a title=”Decopy.ai” href=”https://decopy.ai/ai-image-detector/” target=”_blank” rel=”nofollow noopener”>Decopy.ai</a> which indicated with 95.34% confidence that the image was AI-generated.</p>
<p><img src=”https://feeds.abplive.com/onecms/images/uploaded-images/2025/03/21/4469177a33da1ed1f18222dc13c927ab1742551066777236_original.jpg” width=”720″ /></p>
<p>In further investigation, we <a title=”found” href=”https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manaus” target=”_blank” rel=”nofollow noopener”>found</a> that Manaus City is directly bordered by the Amazon rainforest, creating a sharp contrast between urban development and dense jungle. Google Earth&rsquo;s <a href=”https://earth.google.com/web/search/Museu+da+Amaz&ocirc;nia/@-3.0057511,-59.94253775,122.36787615a,5153.3274671d,35y,-97.68279517h,5.03634007t,0r/data=CiwiJgokCQ1XCqjDZzRAEQtXCqjDZzTAGY-wPxxihkjAIQGr7wnm4WLAQgIIAToDCgEwQgIIAEoNCP___________wEQAA” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>satellite</a> and <a href=”https://earth.google.com/web/search/Museu+da+Amaz&ocirc;nia/@-3.00871139,-59.94489939,79.64542389a,0d,60.00001591y,263.02722157h,80.48455979t,0r/data=CiwiJgokCQ1XCqjDZzRAEQtXCqjDZzTAGY-wPxxihkjAIQGr7wnm4WLAQgIIASIaChY0LXJleDlDRm5mZGxBZHFaQTMtanpREAI6AwoBMEICCABKDQj___________8BEAA” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>street view</a> imagery also shows how buildings are at the city&rsquo;s boundary but the viral image is AI-generated.</p>
<p><img src=”https://feeds.abplive.com/onecms/images/uploaded-images/2025/03/21/29f034b076a9ed2d39d6634a89d589c41742551123204236_original.jpg” width=”720″ /></p>
<p>To sum up, the viral image was created using artificial intelligence and does not represent the real landscape of Manaus city in Brazil.</p>
<p><em><strong>[This story was originally published by <a href=”https://factly.in/the-viral-image-was-created-using-artificial-intelligence-and-does-not-represent-the-real-landscape-of-manaus-city-in-brazil/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>Factly</a>, as part of the Shakti Collective. Except for the headline and excerpt, this story has not been edited by ABP LIVE staff.]&nbsp;</strong></em></p>