That exact photo is a beauty shot, for PR value rather than any scientific value. Here's a long list of photos of Earth, a few were taken by humans, most were

That exact photo is a beauty shot, for PR value rather than any scientific value. Here's a long list of photos of Earth, a few were taken by humans, most were taken by robotic probes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_first_images_of_Earth_from_space https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_first_images_of_Ea...