Oh also, legit photos of the Earth tend to have a crapload of cloud cover, which probably also doesn’t create a whole lot of touchy-feely emotions about “global interconnectedness” compared to a comparatively few appropriately placed wisps, that don’t obscure the places in
Earth most cemented in liberals’ hearts and minds, they especially love their Europe-Africa-Middle East shots in recent decades, while in the past Americans preferred to see the good ol’ USA front and center.
This is one of my favorite world maps to cause a bit of disorientation:
http://www.mapcenter.com/store/world-upside-down-33x24in/dp/9521
To you other point about Apollo flights and earth photos, all cgi.