That image, the famed “Blue Marble” photo, shows Earth from the South Pole to the Mediterranean Sea, in all its spherical glory. Now NASA has released a new image of our planet, and let’s just say it’s not as aesthetically pleasing. Featured VideoLUMPY BLUE DOT: The Geoid, with the geoid height exaggerated by a factor of 10,000. Credit: Scott Luthcke/Mark SubbaRao/NASA/GSFC. If you’re thinking to yourself, “that’s not what Earth looks like!!!” Because Earth’s gravitational field fluctuates slightly depending where you are on the surface.