/sci/ - Science & Math

>>9894734
>hurr i won't believe any photograph from outer space unless it EXACTLY meets my arbitrary requirements
We see composites because it's easier to make a lenses can can only see a tiny corner of the earth at a time. Imagine trying to take a picture of the floor in your room while holding a camera face down only a foot or two off the ground.
"This composite image of southern Africa and the surrounding oceans was captured by six orbits of the NASA/NOAA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership spacecraft on April 9, 2015, by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument. Tropical Cyclone Joalane can be seen over the Indian Ocean. Winds, tides and density differences constantly stir the oceans while phytoplankton continually grow and die. Orbiting radiometers such as VIIRS allows scientists to track this variability over time and contribute to better understanding of ocean processes that are beneficial to human survival on Earth. The image was created by the Ocean Biology Processing Group at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland."

Imagine knowing nothing---like truly nothing at all---about optics, photography or mechanics.