lol...sure they did. This is just you once again not understanding technology.
Number 1 any shot from a NEAR satellite isn't going to be able to take in the whole earth. They're way too close. Imagine putting your camera right next to an orange and trying to take a picture. You're going to only get a section of the orange. Luckily you can take several pictures an combine them. NO mystery. Just you not realizing the size of the earth and the orbit of MOST satellites.
However there are now at least two satellites that are FAR out there and they can and do send regular pictures of the whole earth from space. EPIC is one of the satellites.
The shot of the earth, the big blue marble, is from one of the Apollo missions..far enough out to get the shot.
Do you see what you're doing? You reject rational explanations in order to promulgate irrational conspiracy theories. You're not even putting any type of critical thinking or original thought. You're simply regurgitating other people's nutty ideas.
Right. NASA has admitted there has never been a real photograph of earth taken from space.
Which begs the question... why are they saying in this article, that the Apollo 17 fake earth is a realtime photograph?
LOL.
Here is the article with the fake image
LOL again.
https://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/missions/apollo/apollo_17/photography/