<p>NASA astronaut Scott Kelly snapped a <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2explore/sets/72157659515819800">series of 17 pictures of Australia</a> as the International Space Station flew over the land down under. This image is the first in the series.</p>

Australia as Art

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly snapped a series of 17 pictures of Australia as the International Space Station flew over the land down under. This image is the first in the series.

Photograph by NASA

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