Why Russian Space Images Look Different From NASA's

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday March 30, @08:22PM 

from the behind-the-iron-filter dept.

An anonymous reader writes"The Russians have published two amazing photos of Earth using their new Elektro-L satellite, in 30,000km high orbit around the equator. The quality is stunning, and they look quite different from NASA's Earth images. But why are they different? And are they better than NASA's?"