Crazy bullshit
A photo shows a "ring of fire" total solar eclipse at its peak over Stonehenge.
Spread on: Facebook, UK (August 2026)
The real story
The picture contains Google's SynthID watermark. The eclipse seen from the UK on 12 August 2026 was partial, with up to 95 per cent of the Sun covered in some places. Totality only happened in other parts of Europe, so a total eclipse over Stonehenge was impossible.
The fact-checker's verdict: “It's fake.”. Our label never goes further than theirs.
How to spot it
Check the event against the facts: if an eclipse was only partial where a photo was supposedly taken, a 'totality' shot from there is fake.
The receipts
Picture showing total eclipse over Stonehenge is an AI fake ↗
Full Fact · 2026-08-13
