Why does the earth look so small in pictures taken from the moon, but the moon looks so big to us while on earth?

Question

It seems like all of the pictures taken from the moon show earth as relatively small compared to how the moon looks to me while viewing it most nights.

In: Planetary Science

Answer 1

Take a picture of the moon and compare that to the picture of earth. Your post is comparing a photo of one thing / the view of another thing with the naked eye.