Why are my photos jarbled/color-distorted when I pull them into Photoshop?

DETAILS:
I'm using Photoshop CC 2014.
Photos were captured on my iPhone 5 and captured through Image Capture.
PROBLEM:
I dragged two photos into a Photoshop file.  The first one imported fine.  The second one came in distorted (see below).  It seems to be a corrupted version of the first photo I dragged in, that is underneath it.  When I saw the problem, I deleted the corrupted photo layer and tried to drag it in again, and it did the same thing.
Then I realized I really liked the effect it was creating.  Every time I would transform (command T) the corrupted layer, it would redistort, with different patterns and colors (see below).  I kept doing it, trying to create different patterns.
Eventually, the photo imported correctly, and I couldn't get the issue to reoccur.
QUESTION:
How can I recreate this effect?  Is there a way to corrupt/distort the colors like this intentionally?

Generally I would not use Facebook for sharing any photos, it compresses the photos substantially, and when you have shadows and dark colours you get visible "bands" where there should be subtle gradients, ie at sunsets and sunrises.
It sounds like you are using two methods to upload to Facebook:
1. Sharing from within Aperture, which basically syncs Facebook with your Aperture album, so any changes made at either end gets synced, hence the deletions from Albums, although the original file should still be in your library, just removed rom the album. It is like a playlist in iTunes.
2. Exporting pics and uploading to Facebook from the browser.
I am not sure how method 1 gets compressed, but I know that uploading hi-res jpegs to Facebook using method 2 results in poor quality images.
I wouldn't even bother comparing option 1 or 2, and they will both be poor images once you view them on Facebook, as opposed to viewing uploaded images on proper image sharing / hosting sites.
Your problem is not with Aperture, it is using Facebook for showing your work.
If you export pics form Aperture at high res jpegs or TIFFs your images will be fine.
If you insist to use Facebook as your way to share your work, then your workflow should be this:
1. Right click images you want to share.
2. Select Export version.
3. Export as 100% size and ensure the export settings are set at 100% quality.
4. Upload this pic into Facebook.
This will get you the best image size and resolution on Facebook.
See how you go.

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