This wikipedia article shed some light, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoid http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoid, but yes that seems to be a more accurate depictio

This wikipedia article shed some light, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoid http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoid, but yes that seems to be a more accurate depiction of the physical Earth. Pictures of planets taken from outter space, usually also capture the gases trapped by their gravity (athmosphere). It gives you a nice round shape.