Astronaut Scott Kelly’s stunning picture of Perth from International Space Station

THIS spectacular view of Perth was taken from 400km above and shared on Twitter by an International Space Station astronaut.

Astronaut Scott Kelly took this photo of Perth from the International Space Station.

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IT IS the spectacular view of Perth taken from 400km above.

While most of us were trying to avoid Thursday night’s wet weather, astronaut Scott Kelly managed to capture this stunning shot of Perth from the International Space Station.

Captain Kelly shared the image on Twitter and has been re-tweeted more than 1800 times and favourited more than 3200 times.

“Perth’s lights on Earth seem as bright as the stars in the Milky Way,” he wrote.

“Good morning from the @space_station! #YearInSpace.”

#Perth's lights on Earth seem as bright as the stars in the #MilkyWay. Good morning from @space_station! #YearInSpace pic.twitter.com/wglZh0cyuV

— Scott Kelly (@StationCDRKelly) August 20, 2015

Perth was dubbed “City of Lights” 54 years ago by astronaut John Glenn — the first American to orbit the globe in the Friendship 7 spacecraft.

During the crew’s flight over Perth, residents turned on their lights to acknowledge the mission.

In March 2013, former commander of the International Space Station Chris Hadfield also snapped an image of Perth and the Swan River during the day and shared it on Twitter.

Perth on the Swan to the sea, Western Australia. pic.twitter.com/MvrIuCs8eT

— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) March 26, 2013

The former commander of the International Space Station toured Australia this month, including a visit to Perth on August 13.

Ocean forces meet just south of Perth, my space view of the Cape Naturaliste swirls. @perthnow http://t.co/5spsKawdsn pic.twitter.com/fi2bM94oQ7

— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) August 12, 2015

Captain Kelly and cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko were selected to serve a one-year mission aboard the International Space Station in 2015.

The goal of the mission is to understand how the human body reacts and adapts to the harsh environment of space and data from the expedition will be used to reduce risks to the health of crew members as NASA prepares to advance space travel beyond low Earth orbit.

Earlier this month Captain Kelly shared a photo of the crew’s space-grown romaine lettuce.

Tomorrow we'll eat the anticipated veggie harvest on @space_station! But first, lettuce take a #selfie. #YearInSpace pic.twitter.com/fUKQMhEDjK

— Scott Kelly (@StationCDRKelly) August 9, 2015

Originally published as Astronaut Scott Kelly’s stunning picture of Perth from International Space Station