Why are there no legit pictures of the earth

[Steve5451²]

I have yet to find an actual picture of the earth that doesn't seem photoshopped / fake

the further you are from something the more of it you will see.



the distance from earth was simply different between the photographs

EDIT:

The actual reason the pictures look different is because they're taken at different altitudes with different wide angle lenses.  The ISS for example is actually really close to the earth, so to get the entire globe in view you have use a fisheye lens, which leads to a distorted picture like the "2012" image in OP.

I believe this is covered somewhere in this vsauce video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxhxL1LzKww

damnit it just took me 20 minutes to find that gif and you already explained it


also i was gonna mention that this is somebody who believes that marijuana cures cancer but that's already been established

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[Dreams_Of_Cheese]

When my family went with my brother to the doctor about his chron's disease we asked the doctor about using cannabis to treat it.
At most it does is just mask the pain, it doesn't actually help with the cancer spreading or getting rid of it.

no idiot, the facebook page Weed Saves Lifes says that it KILLS CANCER but big pharma is suppressing is to make loads of money. this is the view of me, a nuanced and intelligent adult and not a child who's afraid of things i dont understand

[Mr Unicode]

I have yet to find an actual picture of the earth that doesn't seem photoshopped / fake

Yeah, Its extremely sad, because Americas put on a stuff ton of weight

[Badspot]

Here's the same effect at a smaller scale:


Source: http://stepheneastwood.com/tutorials/lensdistortion/strippage.htm

[hillkill]

When my family went with my brother to the doctor about his chron's disease we asked the doctor about using cannabis to treat it.
At most it does is just mask the pain, it doesn't actually help with the cancer spreading or getting rid of it.

as someone with IBS bordering chron's, painkillers work quite more efficiently. i've tried cbd oil for it and it's more of a muscle relaxer, it just lessens the frequency of the cramps.

[Drydess]

as someone with IBS bordering chron's, painkillers work quite more efficiently. i've tried cbd oil for it and it's more of a muscle relaxer, it just lessens the frequency of the cramps.

so...it masks the pain

[hillkill]

so...it masks the pain

yeah, but not very well compared to percocets

[Goth77]

The actual reason the pictures look different is because they're taken at different altitudes with different wide angle lenses.  The ISS for example is actually really close to the earth, so to get the entire globe in view you have use a fisheye lens, which leads to a distorted picture like the "2012" image in OP.

I believe this is covered somewhere in this vsauce video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxhxL1LzKww

Interesting video. I always thought the fish lens was to blame for people seeing the "curvature" of the earth. One video I saw in particular shows a man at the beach, using his camera to zoom in and out on the water to a far out boat: showing that there is no curvature, but simple a vanishing point at which the eye can no longer see past. It's really begs the question: what shape is the earth? Pear-shaped?

no idiot, the facebook page Weed Saves Lifes says that it KILLS CANCER but big pharma is suppressing is to make loads of money. this is the view of me, a nuanced and intelligent adult and not a child who's afraid of things i dont understand

I'm glad other people use facebook as a legit source...I don't even have a facebook account
#leftBehind

i seriously hope your kids get taken away from you

parents who choose not to vaccinate should go to jail!111!

[hillkill]

the earth isn't a 100% sphere. that's been proven i'm pretty sure

[Kringleberg]

Interesting video, although I did skip around in it a bit. I always thought the fish lens was to blame for people seeing the "curvature" of the earth. One video I saw in particular shows a man at the beach, using his camera to zoom in and out on the water to a far out boat: showing that there is no curvature, but simple a vanishing point at which the eye can no longer see past. It's really begs the question: what shape is the earth? Pear-shaped?

if you really believe the earth isnt round because of this im sorry to say you likely have some sort of tumour in your brain

[Frankie²]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figure_of_the_Earth

[Dreams_Of_Cheese]

Interesting video, although I did skip around in it a bit. I always thought the fish lens was to blame for people seeing the "curvature" of the earth. One video I saw in particular shows a man at the beach, using his camera to zoom in and out on the water to a far out boat: showing that there is no curvature, but simple a vanishing point at which the eye can no longer see past. It's really begs the question: what shape is the earth? Pear-shaped?

gotta be flat then. no other explanation, The Guy With A Camera figured it out.

[Red Spy]

Interesting video, although I did skip around in it a bit. I always thought the fish lens was to blame for people seeing the "curvature" of the earth. One video I saw in particular shows a man at the beach, using his camera to zoom in and out on the water to a far out boat: showing that there is no curvature, but simple a vanishing point at which the eye can no longer see past. It's really begs the question: what shape is the earth? Pear-shaped?

the most humans can see is like ~15 miles which is why you have to be really high up to see a curve

don't be autistic

[Ipquarx]

petition to ban flat earthers

[Red Spy]

petition to ban earth