2007-01-06 17:02:11 · 8 answers · asked by _pRincezz_ 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Because the picture is from a distance (obviously a great distance, the earth is large!) Hold your hand far away and look at it, it's just a hand... but when you move it close to your face, you see pores and ridges and hairs and textures. It's all about perspective.
2007-01-06 17:08:12 · answer #1 · answered by sharons 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perspective. Those photos are taken from a distance that's great enough to render the relatively small (relative to the distances involved) variations on the Earth's surface unnoticeable. It's like looking at a basketball. From across the court it looks smooth and round, but up close you notice the bumps and seams.
2016-05-23 02:05:48 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Too far to see differences in elevation. By comparison to distance to earth from space, Mount Everest would be an anthill.
2007-01-06 17:10:51 · answer #3 · answered by Sparky 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Same reason we see suns many times larger than our own as small stars in the night.
2007-01-06 17:13:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
same reson we canot see pixals on a screen
it blends together at a very far distance
and the atmospher smeers the image so you cant see perfectly
2007-01-06 17:06:03 · answer #5 · answered by Dragonfire445644 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what sharon said makes sense.. but I've seen a photograph of earth and the dark ones colored brownish green are the mountains .........I think.................
2007-01-06 17:11:26 · answer #6 · answered by jamie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The photo is not three dimensional.
2007-01-14 16:41:53 · answer #7 · answered by luther 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because of the distance
2007-01-06 17:10:24 · answer #8 · answered by trykindness 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋