Infinite Wonder: An Astronaut’s Photographs from a Year in Space

279 Pages·2018·219.93 MB·English

by  Scott Kelly

The Exuma islands in the Bahamas look like the spine of a
dinosaur lying in the shallows.
ALSO BY SCOTT KELLY
Endurance: A Year in Space, a Lifetime of Discovery
My Journey to the Stars
Endurance, Young Readers Edition: A Year in Space and How I Got
There
After a particularly hard day’s work, I had only enough energy to
tweet this photo of an almost full moon at moonset before I went
to sleep.

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PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF
Copyright © 2018 by Scott Kelly All rights reserved. Published in the
United States by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Penguin Random
House LLC, New York.
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Knopf, Borzoi Books, and the colophon are registered trademarks of
Penguin Random House LLC.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Kelly,
Scott, [date] photographer.
Title: Infinite wonder : an astronaut’s photographs from a year in
space /
Scott Kelly.
Description: First edition. | New York : Alfred A Knopf, 2018.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018005350 (print) | LCCN 2018003093 (ebook) |
ISBN 9780525521624 (ebook) | ISBN 9781524731847 (hardcover)
Subjects: LCSH: Space photography—United States. | Kelly, Scott,
1964—Travel. | Astronautics—United States—Pictorial works. |
Outer space—Pictorial works.
Classification: LCC TR713 (print) | LCC TR713 .K45 2018 (ebook) |
DDC 779/.9523—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018005350
Ebook ISBN 9780525521624
Cover photographs: NASA/Scott Kelly Cover design by Chip Kidd
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To my mother, Patricia, who made art a strong presence in
my life through her own paintings, drawings, and
sculptures and who encouraged me to stretch my
imagination beyond art, not only to create a visual image
of our world as we see it but also to view and show our
world through a different lens
New Zealand, with the North Island to the right and the South
Island to the left. Christchurch is to the right of the peninsula
jutting out into the southwestern Pacific.
CONTENTS
Cover
Also by Scott Kelly
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Preface
The Mission
The Natural World
Earth Art
Acknowledgments
Illustration Credits
A Note About the Author