"Then we wrapped the flat map around a ball. My part was integrating the surface, clouds, and oceans to match people's expectations of how Earth looks from space. That ball became the famous Blue Marble.

I was happy with it but had no idea how widespread it would become. We never thought it would become an icon. I certainly never thought that I would become 'Mr. Blue Marble.'"

- Robert Simmon, NASA Data Visualizer

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Did you know that every picture NASA has given us of Earthโ€”which continue to be used in movies, History Channel, school textbooks, etc.โ€” is 100% CGI?

That's kinda weird, huh?

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Ask a satellite provider to give you imagery from the poles ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜

What happens if you do?

You wont get anything.

there is a huge electromagnetic flux that passes from the sun through the poles. there is now a satellite that is doing circumpolar orbits to measure the fields.

that's the actual reason for so little imagery of it. the electricity and high energy particles that are deflected by the rest of the magnetic field get funneled down through there into the earth

all magnetic fields have this property, they are called poles.

if you put a satellite up in the arc of the arctic circle, it will be nuked within a few years, if not immediately. requires far more expensive shielding and other stuff to cope with it.

Good one!

Speaking of things NASA tells us from birth and we just believe, how about that big yellow ball in the sky? ๐ŸŒž

The first picture is a CGI photo NASA made, and they say is 93 million miles away.

The second is a real photo that anyone can replicate with a Nikon P1000 and proper filters.

Which one do you believe tells the more accurate story of the detail/distance of the sun?

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