?Jagdish Sethi? OctoFACT CHECK: VIDEO IS A DIGITAL CREATION Worth seeing …one of the World’s best fireworks display you will ever see… /TrUZUdqtxV The same video clip has been shared on Twitter, but with a twist- instead of Borivali in Mumbai, the location is marked as Mount Fuji in Japan.ġ min, 45 seconds of fireworks in Japan – at Mount Fuji It is an active volcano, sitting on a 'triple junction' of tectonic activity: the Amurian plate (associated with the Eurasian tectonic. Prima facie, the video appears to be a simulation judging by the perfect synchronization of light and sound. In reality, the footage was created in at least 2014 using animation software.'Japans Fireworks Display 2022', reads the title of a YouTube video posted on January 1 and viewed more than 40,000 times.The footage shows fireworks in front of Mount Fujis silhouette, with music playing in the background. Using the keywords ‘Mount Fuji fireworks display’, we found the same video posted on YouTube in January 2018 with the same narrative.
However, in the comments section, several users claimed that the video is fake. One of the comments provided a link to a website (wherein fireworks simulations can be created. Then, with the use of the keywords ‘ fwsim fireworks‘ on YouTube, Alt News found several simulation videos of fireworks over Mount Fuji in Japan.Īlt News found the exact video posted by a YouTube user in December 2015 (posted below).
A similar video may be viewed here.Ī video created digitally using a fireworks simulation software tool has been shared by social media users as a fireworks display at Mount Fuji, Japan and alternatively at Borivali, Mumbai.