Commander Scott Kelly has just return from his 340 - day missionary station aboard the ISS . The record breaking missionary work has seen Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko spend almost a twelvemonth in space , and scientist trust to gain an insight into what long stays in microgravity do to the body , with views on missions to Mars in the hereafter .
Over the last year , Commander Kelly has not only been in direction of the ISS and conducted important scientific experimentation , but he has also been an greedy scientific communicator , posting unbelievable photos on his Twitter page . Here ’s a excerpt of his best shot .
This stunning colourful exposure waspostedby Kelly in February and testify Algeria ’s Tassili N’Ajjer National Park . NASA / Scott Kelly
In thistweet , Kelly said : " # Bahamas , the apoplexy of your watercolors are always a refreshing passel . " The image of the Caribbean archipelagus was conduct last July . NASA / Scott Kelly
This Zinnia works was thefirst flowergrown in space . The commandersnappedthis pictorial matter in January . NASA / Scott Kelly
" # GoodMorning # Egypt ! Your colors never cease to amaze ! # YearInSpace " tweetedKelly after taking this breathless picture of the Governorate of Wadi Al - Jadid , Egypt . NASA / Scott Kelly
" Day 207 , dusk over the Indian Ocean with a xanthous stria on the horizon , " thistweetread . The yellow lot is the sparkle of the Sun reflecting on the atmosphere . NASA / Scott Kelly
Hurricane Patricia was the second most intense tropic cyclone on record and it was responsible for six casualties . see it over Mexico before making landfall , Scott Kellyremarkedon how menacing it looked . NASA / Scott Kelly
This incredible picture exhibit the sunup fromlast August . NASA / Scott Kelly
Our home in the cosmos , Earth and the Milky Way are visibile in thisbeautiful picture . NASA / Scott Kelly
The Alps and the whole italian boot are visibile here through the cloud . He tweeted this inJanuary . NASA / Scott Kelly
A picture of the brine lake La’nga Co in Tibet . It ’s Sanskrit name translates to " lake of the monster " , as the lake is devoid of fish and plants . Kelly pinch this picture inJanuary . NASA / Scott Kelly
