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Giant pre-Flood tree stump
misidentificationEvidence status
Sampled rock is dolerite/diabase, not petrified wood.
Editorial assessment of this proposition; not a numeric confidence score.
Claim or proposition being examined
An Antarctic rock outcrop is the remains of an enormous tree cut by angels.
Limitations
Source demonstrates circulation of the claim, not its truth; independently authenticated evidence is required.
Catalog review date reported: 2026-10-28. This is inherited catalog metadata, not a new verification of the linked source.
Same location, different photograph: SANAE IV research station above the rocky Vesleskarvet nunatak, photographed by Ross Hofmeyr on 29 January 2008. Science Feedback identified this station and outcrop in the viral giant-tree-stump video. This is an independently licensed still photograph, not a frame from that video. Geological research at Vesleskarvet concerns dolerite rock; the image does not show a petrified giant tree.
Dr Ross Hofmeyr (Wildmedic), SANAE IV from above the northern buttress, 29 January 2008, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Image rights and evidence limits
Dr Ross Hofmeyr (Wildmedic) own photograph, explicitly CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons license migration; selectable separately from GFDL. Retain attribution and license link; adaptations must use same or compatible license. Supplied original bytes unchanged. This does not clear the viral Threads video, Science Feedback screenshots, North-West University photo, or research-paper figures.
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Sources and what they support
Links document the record, the claim’s circulation, an assessment, or reuse terms as labeled. A source link is not automatically corroboration.
- claim documentation and/or assessmenthttps://science.feedback.org/review/no-evidence-of-giant-stump-in-helicopter-footage-from-antarctica-just-a-normal-rock-outcrop/
- displayed image provenance; not proof of a linked interpretationhttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SANAE_IV_from_above_the_northern_buttress.jpg
- image-specific reuse conditionshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
- documentary target record; may differ from displayed reproductionhttps://science.feedback.org/review/no-evidence-of-giant-stump-in-helicopter-footage-from-antarctica-just-a-normal-rock-outcrop/
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