FILE No.7Unsolved
A suspect in a case claimed, "I was at the lake at the time of the incident," and submitted a single photo.
The photo shows the suspect from behind, standing on the lakeshore, and two trees. In the sky, the sun shows through a break in the clouds, and a rainbow after the rain.
It is said to be an ordinary photo of the scene straight ahead, not a wide-angle or panorama shot. The rainbow was an ordinary rainbow made by raindrops, not a halo around the sun.
The detective looked at the photo and said, "As a natural landscape, there is something suspicious about this photo."
What is suspicious about the photo?
If you get stuck, open the hints one at a time, in order.
In which direction does a rainbow appear?
In which direction is the sun?
Can the two appear in the same direction?
What is suspicious about the photo?
Choose the answer closest to the truth.
The sun is visible in the same direction as an ordinary rainbow
The answer is “The sun is visible in the same direction as an ordinary rainbow.”
An ordinary rainbow appears in the sky opposite the sun, when you have your back to the sun. Yet in this photo the sun and the rainbow appear together in a limited range straight ahead. So it is hard to regard it as a natural landscape photo taken as the suspect described, which is a reason to suspect editing or compositing. This alone does not prove the suspect committed the crime. A view from behind, puddles and mist are all common sights at a lake after rain, and are not suspicious.
A lakeside after the rain looks natural in itself.
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