Astronaut Scott Kelly is more than a scientist and the record holder for the longest cumulative time spent in space. He's also an artist. One look at his Twitter account — found — as well as the photos above, and you'll see why.

Since Kelly's deployment to the International Space Station in March of last year (along with Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko), he has documented his many trips around our planet with beautiful photography. Most recently, he started a series dubbed #ColorsinSpace. The images are zoomed-in views of Earth's features from 249 miles above the surface, the height of theISS.

There are blue oceans, salty green seas, snowy white peaks and much, much more. During Kelly's groundbreaking "Year in Space" mission, he has also offered glimpses of some of the world's biggest cities from above, not to mention weather patterns. He recently documented the cold front that blanketed the Eastern United States on Valentine's Day weekend, as well as past winter storms, tropical storms and hurricanes.

While recently updating CNN on his health (his mission is meant to study the effects of long-term spaceflight on the human body), he that from afar the Earth's atmosphere looks fragile, “like something that we definitely need to take care of."

The time aboard theISS has warranted personal reflection as well. In a recent Q&A session on Reddit, nicknamed an “AMA” for “ask me anything,” Kelly said one thing he will do back on Earth he can't do in space is appreciate nature more.

Sure, floating hundreds of miles above the surface of Earth isn't quite the same as living out in the elements. But from the looks of the photographs above, Kelly appears to appreciate the beauty of our world — both natural and manmade — just fine.

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