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There have never been as many fake images online as there are currently. Experts warn people that "AI slop" is only going to become a bigger problem in the coming years. Yet, sources suggest that there are already more than 15 billion AI-generated images online.
It's not surprising, then, that people online are starting to doubt the authenticity of images. It can make picking your next travel destination a bit tricky. This summer, an elderly couple were scammed with an AI-generated video of the non-existent cable car ride in Malaysia, Kuak Skyride.
But some destinations may look or sound too good to be true, yet are 100% real. In one thread online, folks have been sharing the most beautiful places in their homelands that people often mistake for AI slop. When one netizen asked, "What place in your country could be mistaken for having been created by AI, even though it really exists?" locals had many answers.
From the Giant's Causeway in Ireland to the perfectly shaped city of Neuf-Brisach in France, see which places around the world might be so beautiful that some folks mistake them for a scam.
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#1
Fingal's Cave in the island of Staffa, off the Scottish coast.
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#2
Elevated lake on Faroe Islands
#4
Rakotzbrücke.
#5
Lençóis maranhenses.
#6
My parents are adamant that photos of the Giant’s Causeway are either AI or that it’s man-made.
#8
Crooked forest near Gryfino.
#9
Newgrange. Older than the pyramids.
#10
Petra, Jordan.
Panda Kicki 3 days ago
Hooray! For once it isnt the Treasury on the pic. Think this is the Monastery. All are just facades, but impressive ones.
#11
Pravčická brána (Czech Republic)
It's really beautiful there, unfortunately huge part of the national park is missing trees, since few years ago, there was a huge forest fire. (And then last year and I think this year again).
Český Ráj (czech paradise) is another beautiful place, full of sandstone formations, place worth to visit.
#12
Starfield Library in Suwon.
#13
The Tunnel of Love railway in Kleman. It looks unreal in all the greens but it’s even more magical in autumn when leaves start to turn.
#14
Ronda, Málaga.
Ace 3 days ago
There's a little restaurant perched just to the right of the bridge in the picture, which was the first place I ever ate Gazpacho. It's actually even more spectacular than it looks, with not one, but two older bridges much lower down almost underneath this one, one dating from Roman times.
#15
I really didn't believe this spot by Mont St Michel was real. But I found the spot, and the twisty river formation does exist, but it was dried out and supposedly rarely seen as above with the river beds filled in.
#16
Travertens of Pamukkale. They aren’t ice and they are like this in Summer
Bi.Felicia 3 days ago
These are located in Turkey. The name Pamukkale means "cotton castle" in Turkish, referring to the striking white calcium carbonate formations.
#17
Rainbow Mountains: Mahneshan.
Bonesko 2 days ago
Thank you for naming where these are. I appreciate the time saved googling 😁
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Bob Brooce 3 days ago (edited)
Maybe this list should also include the Rainbow forest on Maui (Hawaii, USA). picture next >
Bob Brooce 3 days ago (edited)
Way too heavy-handed with the saturation slider in photoshop, I think.
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Day Andie 3 days ago
Places like this as seen during the right times of day--early morning or evening generally, and under the right atmospheric conditions are amazing, but influencers and professional photographers using filters and extreme saturation make it hard for the average tourist seeing it at high noon on a summer day to really appreciate the colors. Us armchair tourists can enjoy the colors as long as it's not too overdone.
#18
Neuf-Brisach. I spent my childhood there, playing hide and seek in the fortifications.
#20
McDermott’s Castle in Roscommon. It's a ruined castle on a small island in the middle of a lake.
BeesEelsAndPups 3 days ago
Roscommon is a county, and also the name of the largest town in said county, in central Ireland. For those who may not be aware.
#21
The Flatirons, in Boulder, Colorado. They're the inspiration for a lot of sci-fi landscapes.
#22
Eilean Donan castle has a fictional vibe to it.
Norfolk and good 3 days ago (edited)
Appeared in several movies including Highlander, The World is Not Enough, Elizabeth: The Golden Age.
#23
Nazaré giant waves are absolutely colossal and you'd think most photos are AI if you don't see videos or see it yourself.
#26
Burlinskoye Salt Lake in Altai region. People make it look way too saturated like this photo, but it does exist, trains included
#28
Definitely looks like the AI got confused somewhere...
#29
Not many foreigners know it snows here.
#32
Lake Kaindy, Almaty region, Kazakhstan.
#33
pink lake.
#36
Kummakivi, literally named "Strange rock" is a huge rock balancing on top of another. It's from ice age when ice was moving a lot of rocks around.
Cannot be moved by hand even though looks like it might fall over any minute.
#37
Idk, maybe somewhere in Lofoten?
#41
The most famous example would be the Kailasa Temple, it was carved out of a single rock
#42
Pistyll Rhaeadr waterfall in the Berwyn Mountains just outside of Snowdonia National Park.
#45
The whole (and huge) chapel made of human bones in Sedlec near Kutná Hora, Bohemia.
The bones in the Sedlec Ossuary come largely from the 13th–15th centuries, when the local cemetery became very... popular burial ground within Central Europe because the abbot of the Sedlec monastery scattered holy soil brought from Jerusalem across the graveyard. The Black Death and later the Hussite Wars overwhelmed the site with tens of thousands of bodies.
And if you played *Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2*, well… you know it’s basically all your fault.
#46
Badwater Basin, Death Valley. You have to walk out about 2 miles to see it like this.
Pro tip: Bring water. 😄.
#47
Gullholmen - swedish west coast. Looks like AI might have gone a bit crazy with the amount of houses on this tiny island right at the edge of nature.
Panda Kicki 3 days ago
The whole swedish archipelago looks unreal. More island then anywhere else in the world. Many full of tiny houses.
#50
Amedi, a town built upon a mesa.
#51
Arches national park could be a candidate
#52
Hobbiton to me always looks like it’s AI but it’s definitely real.
#53
Oregon has a couple contenders
Painted Hills.
#54
The Taton dunes are gigantic dunes next to the gigantic Andes mountains.
#55
We have camels and we have snow.
#56
I guess the tri-colored lakes of Mount Kelimutu.
#57
We have palms trees AND snow.
#58
Arches.
Skara Brae 3 days ago
It's Delicate Arch, Arches National Park, Utah, USA. There is a trail that goes up to it.
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Lady Eowyn 3 days ago
It would have been extremely helpful to tell us where these places are located!
Crystalwitch60 3 days ago
They didn’t need to lmao ,we got a you for that ❤️
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OneHappyPuppy 3 days ago (edited)
Plitvice lakes are not in the list. They're amazing as well. Croatia
Cuppa tea? 2 days ago
It started interestingly, with description of place and location. And then 15 entries done it slipped into usual lazy panda - interesting rock formation. Well, no sh!t Sherlock, I can see that in picture, what I would like to know what it's called and where it is.
Bob Brooce 3 days ago
I know that AI is (and should be) on peoples' minds lately, but I think that anyone who thinks any of these are actually AI hasn't had enough exposure to the winders of nature.
Lady Eowyn 3 days ago
It would have been extremely helpful to tell us where these places are located!
Crystalwitch60 3 days ago
They didn’t need to lmao ,we got a you for that ❤️
Load More Replies... OneHappyPuppy 3 days ago (edited)
Plitvice lakes are not in the list. They're amazing as well. Croatia
Cuppa tea? 2 days ago
It started interestingly, with description of place and location. And then 15 entries done it slipped into usual lazy panda - interesting rock formation. Well, no sh!t Sherlock, I can see that in picture, what I would like to know what it's called and where it is.
Bob Brooce 3 days ago
I know that AI is (and should be) on peoples' minds lately, but I think that anyone who thinks any of these are actually AI hasn't had enough exposure to the winders of nature.
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