NASA astronaut shares amazing photos of our planet from 250 miles up

He captured these amazing pictures of Earth, its sunrises and the lights of capital cities at night from 250 miles up.

Kimiya, who is the first Japanese astronaut with a military background, took to Twitter to share the spectacular images and admit he has been left speechless in space.

Pictures taken at the end of November of a low pressure area over the Sea of Japan show an eerie silver of light glowing across the horizon, known as a zodiacal light.

Kimiya is to return to Earth on December 11.

He has been in space for almost five months.

(dailystar.co.uk)