Video credits
& answers.
This page contains the video challenge answers. All four clips are curated, not presented as trending news. NOAA and USGS do not endorse this quiz.
Clip 01 · Into the blue · Real camera footage
Real footage: a Crossota jellyfish filmed during NOAA’s 2016 Marianas expedition, about 3,700 metres underwater. A six-second camera excerpt, resized with audio omitted; no generated frames added.
NOAA Ocean Exploration, 2016 Deepwater Exploration of the Marianas. Public domain · U.S. government work.
NOAA Ocean Exploration · Jellyfish ↗
Reuse guidance: NOAA Ocean Exploration FAQ.
Clip 02 · Ripple effect · AI generated
AI-generated with Veo 3.1 on OpenArt for this quiz. This tide pool scene was synthesized from a text prompt and resized for web playback. It does not show a real event.
Original quiz asset · OpenArt / Veo 3.1. Original AI-generated quiz asset.
Clip 03 · Molten motion · Real camera footage
Real footage: USGS filmed gas bubbles bursting in Kīlauea’s summit lava lake in September 2017. This six-second excerpt was cropped and resized, with audio omitted; no generated frames added.
U.S. Geological Survey, Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. Public domain · official asset designation.
Clip 04 · After the rain · AI generated
AI-generated with Veo 3.1 on OpenArt for this quiz. The leaf and dewdrop scene was synthesized from a text prompt. The web copy was cropped to remove an unintended generated caption and resized; the original is retained.
Original quiz asset · OpenArt / Veo 3.1. Original AI-generated quiz asset.
Camera clips were checked against their official sources; generated clips were created for this game without real people or private reference images. Resizing, excerpts and crops are described above. The video challenge is not an authenticity detector for arbitrary media.