Why is the earth so small when viewed from the moon?

Charles Ingles wrote: »

Why does the one picture of earth from space/the moon looks like the earth is similar to the size we view the moon from earth. Surely from the surface of the moon earth should appear to be four Times bigger the the size of the moon we see from earth?

How are you comparing? Here's the Earth seen from the Moon:





If you don't like that size, how about this one:





Is the second Earth bigger? No, of course it isn't ... it's the same photo! So let's assume you're not talking about the size of the picture itself. Look at these identically sized pictures of the Moon from Earth, none of which involves any trick photography or photoshopping to change the size.





Is the Moon the size of a tree branch, the size of a tree, or the size of a whole mountain full of trees? If you can figure out how these pictures were taken then you're well on the way to understanding why your question doesn't make any sense as posed.

Charles Ingles wrote: »

Ok folks I'm no flat earther.
But sometimes I've gone down the YouTube rabbit hole until I shake some sense into myself.
One question though if the earth is 4 times bigger than the moon.
Why does the one picture of earth from space/the moon looks like the earth is similar to the size we view the moon from earth.
Surely from the surface of the moon earth should appear to be four Times bigger the the size of the moon we see from earth?

Yes, a question I have asked myself many times, and not only us but many 1000's of people. The Earth from the moon should indeed be much larger.
Nice pics given as an example but it does not show a larger Earth....plus no stars!
I have heard the argument of no stars because the sun is too bright, but then it does not stop the hubble seeing them, and I have seen videos of space with stars glowing.....from official sources.
Then you have the nasa photos of Earth all looking different from year to year.

Charles Ingles wrote: »

I think all the NASA pictures of the earth are composites.
The picture of earth from th moon boggles me the earth should loom quite large from the surface of the moon.
I think the pictures are fake

Why would people fake it?

Charles Ingles wrote: »

Maybe they never made to the moon

Ok, that's a very strange explanation.

Why would they fake the photograph though?

Silent Shrill wrote: »

Yes, a question I have asked myself many times, and not only us but many 1000's of people. The Earth from the moon should indeed be much larger.

Why should it be much larger? That statement is incoherent. Much larger THAN WHAT? What are you measuring it in? Feet and inches? Try thinking about this logically for one tiny second. Pick a photo. Any photo. Tell us exactly what field of view it is showing in angular degrees. Then tell us again why the Earth should be larger.

Silent Shrill wrote: »

...plus no stars! I have heard the argument of no stars because the sun is too bright, but then it does not stop the hubble seeing them, and I have seen videos of space with stars glowing.....from official sources.

Uh, the Hubble does not point at the Sun, or anything bright. Even at that, stray light from the Sun can interfere with it which is why it has a "Solar Blind Channel" that operates in the far-ultraviolet to let it see cosmic sources. It can't even point at the Earth as the minimum possible exposure would saturate the CCDs. The main issue with stars in photos is one of contrast. Go out and stare at a full moon in a dark sky -- you won't see many stars either, as your eye has very similar limitations with contrast as a camera. It's got nothing to do with "being in space" or not. That's a simple experiment you could do with your own eyes every single month.

Silent Shrill wrote: »

Then you have the nasa photos of Earth all looking different from year to year.

The Earth DOES look all different from year to year.

I hate to be unkind and I'm a big believer in scientific curiosity but ... it gets my goat when people start making ignorant dogmatic assertions about "the way things ought to look" before they've bothered to educate themselves in the slightest. I know the modern trend is for people to believe they're entitled to their own hypotheses whether they know anything or not, but I'm going to suggest a little humility is in order too. Those websites "proving" space is fake have their own agendas, usually pecuniary.