Ethereal images of Australia seen from the International Space Station
Astronaut Scott Kelly tweeted beautiful kaleidoscopic pictures to the world. He shared his photos on his Twitter account using the hashtag #EarthArt.
Astronaut Scott Kelly shot these photos during a single pass of the space station over the Australian continent.
'Australia. You are very beautiful. Thank you for being there to brighten our day,' Kelly tweeted.Scott Kelly
The photos make the country appear to be covered in sapphire coloured rivers, red veined mountain ridges and yellow lakes.Scott Kelly
The pictures contain incredible vistas of colour which could be mistaken for a piece of artwork.Scott Kelly
It is difficult to identify the exact location but they are believed to be shot around central and northern South Australia.Scott Kelly
Kelly is halfway through his year-long space mission, where he is providing data that will help us understand how spending time in space affects the human body.Scott Kelly
Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko began their one-year mission aboard the space station on March 27.Scott Kelly
The International Space Station currently has six astronauts on board.Scott Kelly
Kelly has 496,000 twitter followers.Scott Kelly
Crew members spend about 35 hours each week conducting research in space, physical, and biological sciences.Scott Kelly
More than an acre of solar arrays provide power to the station, and also make it the next brightest object in the night sky after the moon.Scott Kelly