Originally posted by axemansean
I don't think its the quality, I think its got something to do with the atmosphere.
Originally posted by WiLL
you can see a layer of noise that is evenly spread across the whole image 
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the CCD sensor in the digital camera used to take the picture isn't very good.. could be a light issue. almost all digital cameras are not very good in low light
earth's atmosphere doesn't look like digital image distortion