This Amazing Photo Is Not Of Tropical Storm Isaac

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Stephanie Haberman
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This Amazing Photo Is Not Of Tropical Storm Isaac
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Have you seen this incredible storm photo circulating on Facebook and Twitter today?

It's a fake. Well, more like an impostor.

According to central Florida TV station Bay News 9, the photo has existed since at least 2005, and tends to make the rounds on the Internet each time a severe weather situation comes along.

"It is a Photoshopped picture of a supercell thunderstorm that seems to pop up with a new foreground every time there is a hurricane threat anywhere," said Bay News 9 Meteorologist Josh Linker.

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