whats different between this and all the other pics of earth from various space devices

I saw someone point out on reddit that this probably the first digital picture of the whole earth (well, 1 side of it) taken by a person

Apollo used film and it's been a long time since anyone has gone past LEO

	▲	WalterBright 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Haven't any of the space probes taken such pictures as they left to wander through the solar system?
	▲	Forge36 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		There something amazing about that. Thanks for pointing it out!

layer8 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It’s taken by a human on the way to the moon.

	▲	hydrogen7800 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		That's enough for me. There was also much hype about a new blue marble picture, but I'm ok with that.

senko 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This is the night side.

Strom 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Taken by a different camera, from a different location, at a different time.