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The Internet Had A Photoshop Field Day With NASA's Unbelievable Photo

Will the real moon please stand up.

This week, NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio posted to Twitter a magnificent photo that shows the moon passing between NOAA’s Deep Space Climate Observatory and Earth.

“Almost unbelievable that this is a real photo,” Mastracchio wrote.

The moon passed between @NASA climate observatory and the earth. Almost unbelievable that this is a real photo pic.twitter.com/MWxwgDfUIw

— Rick Mastracchio (@AstroRM) July 26, 2016

The internet responded by having itself an absolute field day.

Some took to Twitter to debate the authenticity of the picture. Others decided to show the NASA astronaut exactly what “unbelievable” really looks like, photoshopping the original picture into oblivion.

From an orbiting hamburger to Donald Trump’s noggin, here’s a look at some of the clever ― and 100 percent fake ― memes that spun out of Mastracchio’s very real post.

@AstroRM @ThusBloggedA @NASA MOMENTS LATER pic.twitter.com/TG0wML3iDr

— Hot Weather Takes (@paulythegun) July 26, 2016

Almost unbelievable that this is a real photo pic.twitter.com/8nVkFPR7t4

— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) July 26, 2016

The moon passed between #NASA climate observatory and the earth. Almost unbelievable that this is a real photo pic.twitter.com/PY0ksCnZeF

— i am DJ ISE (@JayeIse) July 27, 2016

The moon passed between @NASA climate observatory and the earth. Almost unbelievable that this is a real photo pic.twitter.com/biErFnWn1E

— Funk ✨ (@FunkOnOSRS) July 27, 2016

Fixed it for you. @AstroRM @NASA pic.twitter.com/3QsZevTlPy

— 2010 Kid Cudi (@KingMiller_) July 26, 2016

Almost unbelievable that this is a real photo pic.twitter.com/zz8eAl6Js0

— BUY 2 HAMS $20 (@buy_2_hams) July 27, 2016

. @AstroRM @NASA Stop the cover up pic.twitter.com/mbexi0HUrd

— Friend (@DashTreyhorn) July 26, 2016

wait wat rick@AstroRM @NASA pic.twitter.com/JDTMTsmK6t

— darth™ (@darth) July 26, 2016
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