Take another look at nasa's photos from 2012 and 2013 again.

Move your globe 10-meters away from your face and that land mass appears to cover about 30% or so of what your eye sees.

Move the globe 2-meters from your face next and that land mass will still cover the same 30% or so of what your eye sees.

The land mass will not cover any more or less of the ball that your eye can see if their photos were taken from space.