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24 amazing pictures of Earth from astronaut Scott Kelly

Published Mar 01, 2016
Image: Scott Kelly, NASA

After 340 days in space and more than 5,000 trips around our planet, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is returning to Earth on March 1.

It is one of the longest space trips ever completed, and the journey has been charted on social media via #YearInSpace.

Kelly had a satellite's view of Earth, and took some stunning photographs. Here are 24 of the best:

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