NASA’s Scott Kelly returned to Earth today after 340 days in space, the longest voyage by a U.S. astronaut. While aboard the International Space Station, Kelly captured—and tweeted—intriguing images of Earth’s mountain ranges from the Aleutian Islands down to Patagonia. Alongside pictures of frozen lakes, ice fields and snow-capped volcanoes, here are Kelly’s most striking photos of Ski Country from space.
A polar vortex as seen from space. | Photo: Scott Kelly, NASA
A snowy mountain range as seen from space. | Photo: Scott Kelly, NASA
Alaska’s snowy Aleutian Islands from space. | Photo: Scott Kelly, NASA
The spine of Asia, snow-capped, as seen from space. | Photo: Scott Kelly, NASA
Chicago under a blanket of fresh snow following this winter’s East Coast blizzard. | Photo: Scott Kelly, NASA
The Northern Lights over a snowy section of Canada. | Photo: Scott Kelly, NASA
The Canadian Rockies blanketed in snow, as captured by camera from the International Space Station. | Photo: Scott Kelly, NASA
Snowy foothills in Iran. | Photo: Scott Kelly, NASA
A tropical-looking frozen lake in the Himalayas, as seen from space. | Photo: Scott Kelly, NASA
The Himalayas | Photo: Scott Kelly, NASA
Ice resembling a jigsaw puzzle, as pictured from space. | Photo: Scott Kelly, NASA
Italy and the Alps, as pictured from space. | Photo: Scott Kelly, NASA
Earth’s mountains, as seen from space. | Photo: Scott Kelly, NASA
Earth’s mountains, as seen from space. | Photo: Scott Kelly, NASA
Mountains in East Asia, as seen from space. | Photo: Scott Kelly, NASA
Japan’s Mount Fuji, as seen from space. | Photo: Scott Kelly, NASA
A landscape northeast of the Himalayas, as seen from space. | Photo: Scott Kelly, NASA
A snow-smothered volcano in New Zealand. | Photo: Scott Kelly, NASA
South America’s Patagonia and Andes, as seen from space. | Photo: Scott Kelly, NASA
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