As I said previously, I’m not as interested in the arguments related to video editing because I don’t have the expertise and time to assess the claims being made but when I go back to this clouds picture, I still don’t see a debunking of it besides calling the photographer and KimDotCom feds. And again, because I have good reasons to believe that Ashton is disingenuous on this point (has he ever tried to debunk that the picture wasn’t available on cgtextures.com?), that’s enough for me to draw the conclusion that Ashton is the actor of a psyop. Ashton doesn’t act as a researcher since he avoid/ignore some piece of evidences contradicting his narrative. I smell propaganda and not truth seeking when I look at his positions. Obviously, we won’t agree here.
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Yeah, that's clear.
The cloud images don't exist anywhere online prior to October 2014. Not sure what other evidence could be required.
I do have expertise in video editing and compositing, and I'm telling you that regardless of the clouds and explosion, the timeline of the video makes it impossible to have been faked, and I'm willing to put money against that claim for anyone who wants to make the video from scratch.
Your only saving grace is the clouds, while you ignoring the mountain of evidence opposing that claim.
The API screenshot doesn’t prove that the picture was online before 2014. That’s the interpretation made of a data with no digital chain of custody.
That said, I understand that all of these can be convincing elements if you haven’t seen the interview of the photographer.