These are the 3 most profound moments astronaut Scott Kelly has experienced in space

From 250 miles above Earth, astronauts on the International Space Station have a view like no other.

Astronaut Scott Kelly recently hosted a Reddit AMA from the International Space Station (ISS) where he described the most breathtaking and powerful things he's seen during his time in space.

"Probably this one day where we had incredible aurora completely around the space station," Kelly wrote. "Seeing North and South Korea from space is pretty profound. Hurricane Patricia was pretty profound as well."

Thanks to Kelly's spectacular photography skills, there's photos of most of these. 

Last year, he described the moment when he spotted the striking difference between North and South Korea from space.

"Feel bad for the people of #NorthKorea when I see with my own eyes they live without electricity," Kelly tweeted.

You can see the complete absence of light over the land in the middle of the photo:

Scott Kelly/NASA

And Kelly also tweeted a terrifying image of Hurricane Patricia on October 23, urging people to stay safe:

Scott Kelly/NASA

It's unclear which aurora moment Kelly was specifically talking about, but if it was anything like this aurora photo he took last year in June, we can imagine the sight must have been pretty spectacular:

Scott Kelly/NASAKelly won't return to Earth until March, so he still has some time left to take in more spectacular sights.

And we can't wait to see more pictures.

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