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This is clearly a composite image
http://gizmodo.com/5909215/this-is-the-definitive-photograph-of-planet-earth
Unlike NASA's Blue Marble—which is a composite made from many different photographs—this is a portrait of Earth taken in one single shot. It's the highest resolution image of our home planet, 121 megapixels. That's an amazing 0.62 miles per pixel.
Why can't I see stars from my window in NYC? There are no stars due to how light and in this instance cameras work. Science.
Na. If you think that pic is real then cool. But I disagree. People act like its impossible for us to have real time footage of our planet as a whole. When I get that I'll stop questioning. A pic from space but no stars are visible? Na.
Mainly because of light. I'm not sure if you know how cameras work, but it's mainly about exposure.
The Earth is extremely bright when the sun is exposed to it. To take a proper photo, you need to underexpose it in order to get the details of the Earth. Unfortunately, this washes out the stars. If you overexpose it in order to get photos of the stars, the Earth would just be a white blob.
Basically, the sun is bright as ****.
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