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Scott Kelly

“New year’s Eve is a bigger holiday than Christmas, because it’s celebrated by all nations.” – Scott Kelly, Astronaut

On February 8, 2016, Kelly flew over Shanghai, China, at night and snapped this memorable photo. The black swirl across the photo’s center is the Huangpu River, the city’s main shipping artery.

On January 26, 2016, Kelly captured this night photograph of Italy and the Alps. But the bright lights are far from spotless: More than 80 percent of Italy’s power comes from greenhouse gas-producing fossil fuels.

Kelly has shown his fondness for the Bahamas, snapping at least 21 shots of the island country from the ISS. The dreamy swirls shown here were photographed on January 19, 2016.

On July 9, 2015, Kelly stood 250 miles (400km) above the Bahamas in the International Space Station’s Cupola observation module.

On January 9, 2016, Kelly spotted La’nga Co, a saltwater lake in western Tibet just north of the China-India border. The lake holds no fish and no aquatic plants, and its Sanskrit name (Rakshas Tal) literally means “lake of the demon.”

On June 22, 2015, Kelly captured this dramatic scene of South Africa at night while flying over neighbouring Botswana. The red glow is caused by oxygen atoms releasing energy after collisions with high-energy space particles.

On February 22, 2016, Kelly snapped this photo of the southern Sahara in Egypt’s southwest Qesm Al Wahat Ad Dakhlah district, near the border with Libya.

On December 6, 2015, Kelly spotted the launch of Orbital ATK’s Cygnus cargo spacecraft, which launched from Florida’s Cape Canaveral. It successfully docked on December 9 with more than 7,000 pounds (3,175kg) of supplies.