Aside from all else, the first image was taken on film lit by daylight, the second was shot on digital at high ISO lit by moonlight with a little sunlight at one edge
Moonlight doesn't have the same colour rendering quality as sunlight
this post was submitted on 04 Apr 2026
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Thanks for the info, that's awesome! Based on the quality of the image, I'd guess this was a specialized camera designed to have a broader range of sensitivity. Do you know if that's right or did they just use a nice DSLR?
Also, the first image has been corrected for rayleigh scattering, either algorithmically or artistically. The second image does not appear to have been corrected. It looks similar to what we get from geostationary satellites prior to performing rayleigh scattering correction.
There is a much higher quality version of the second image on NASA's website. I think the reason the second image has so much colour ranges because it was taken in log, but that's just a normal SLR camera feature. I think there's even a way of getting my phone to take pictures in log, it just uses a lot of memory so it's not on by default
Log? Isn't that the video thing? Still images use raw for best post processing
It's a Nikon D5, the shot is at 52k ISO.
Cool, thanks! That's some crazy high ISO.
No wonder it feels more crowded
Completely different landmasses as well!
Kubrick, we're onto you
This helps explain why days seem shorter as we age, the Earth is spinning faster due to the conservation of angular momentum. The days are literally shorter.
fun fact, days have actually been getting longer pretty much since formation of earth (well moon to be correct). reason iirc is that moon is slowly moving away from earth, and this results in some dynamics changing and as a result earth spins slower. like billions of years ago, it was closer to 23 hours.
ps - very rusty memory right now, should have skipped writing instead of half borked fact
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By the way, speaking of changed colours of planets: if you haven't been keeping up with the latest news in space imagery and want a real mindbender, check out what has recently happened to Neptune. You may have been thinking, ooooh, what an enthralling blue planet! - bzzzzzt, turns out it's a pretty bland and boring gas giant, the colours were exaggerated on purpose because otherwise you can't see shit.
I like the pale blue representation, reminds me of blue jade or some old seaglass.
This truly is the worst timeline. Next, they'll tell us Uranus isn't gassy too.
Nah, it is. Just checked.
Most ~~planets~~ galaxies are like this I believe
Nebulae especially.
Second picture looks smogier and more polluted
Well the second pic is also at night with a high iso and long exposure plus it's digiral so there's a lot more noise going on.
Speaking in generic terms, film is way more forgiving of over exposure and digital is way more forgiving of under exposure. A fast lens is always king, but once you hit parity on that I would personally take digital for low light any day.
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The maps were correct, New Zealand doesn’t exist.
I like how you can see the ring/sphere of atmosphere in the new image.
That’s the new smog layer.
To be fair there was a big hole in the ozone in 1970
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It's because the Sun is behind it.
Proof that global warming is not real!!!! Read your science… if something gets HOTTER it EXPANDS!!! Those scientist cucks have cucked themselves good this time!!!!
/s (in case it’s needed)
It's because the Apollo mission photos were obviously faked. How would they have known how small Earth really is, duh!
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The magnetic poles must be moving substantially. Africa has rotated almost 90 degrees in a few short decades!
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It's getting old, I guess /s
Also looks much more sickly (yes, its because they pumped up the brightness lol)
with higher gravity it might shrink.
Best I can do is more gravitas in my Lemmy comments. not sure it's enough for the planet to collapse but I can try, if there's a chance of it ending our current conundrum
with shrinking it might higher gravity too
Where did Africa go?? 😧
Big if true.
continents seem to have moved too.. weird.
It's because we're looking at a different side of the planet in the second photo.
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Plus, that 2d image makes it look flat, like a penny.
A lot less green, as well.
Jerryyyy, Earth is a planet!
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