/sci/ - Science & Math

Of all the videos shot on the moon, why did they never pan up to look at the Earth or the Sun? And speaking of this, why is it so hard to find non-composite images of the entire Earth hemisphere? We've sent so many probes out there that could have taken a snap on the way and yet we have only three Earth images I could find that are not composite, which are: The Blue Marble, Pale Blue Dot and Earthrise. Of these three images, only The Blue Marble is a detailed image that shows the entire Earth hemisphere without a big moon shadow covering half of it, or that has been made as a composite. Pale Blue Dot is just a pixel so it doesn't count.

I'm not trying to be a conspiracy theorist, but I'm honestly just questioning why there are so few images of the Earth in all it's glory when we have been doing space missions for over half a century. If these photos do exist, why are they so hard to find? On this topic also, if anyone has more non-composite Earth images they could share that would be great