Picasso in a space suit: the astronaut artist orbiting Earth

Photographs taken by astronaut Scott Kelly from the International Space Station are beautiful – but could a robot do better?

What makes astronaut Scott Kelly’s photographs so special? Kelly, the commander of the International Space Station, has just become the US astronaut who has spent the longest time in space. Up there sitting in a tin can far above the earth, his hobby is taking photographs of the incredible planet below him – and it’s more than a hobby. Kelly calls his pictures “Earth art”. Is that right? He may be a brave astronaut, but is he an artist?

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