A NASA satellite image has drawn questions, controversy and even fear in recent weeks.
The dark purple on the image is supposed to represent a spike in carbon monoxide on Feb. 27 over the West Coast.
Even though NASA now says the image is wrong because of a satellite glitch, a simple google search will show it already went viral.
Online blog posts and articles wondered if it is linked to a looming massive earthquake.
Chapman University Professor Ramesh Singh says it is not linked to an imminent earthquake.
He says he unknowingly got involved in the inaccurate claim because of an article he published years ago. The professor analyzed a spike in carbon monoxide just before a quake in India in 2001, killing thousands of people.
But he says that study has nothing to do with the image of elevated carbon monoxide in the U.S. this year.
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