Robert Simmon

Data Visualizer and Designer Robert Simmon admits in print on the nasa.gov website that images that are commonly understood to be photographs from space are actually CGI compilations or artistic renditions.

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Robert Simmon describes how simulated globe images are created.

https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/about/people/RSimmon.html