--- description: "Today is a new day with limitless possibilities to do great things" title: This Astronaut's Sunrise Photo Will Make You Feel Better image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Science](/section/science/) ## Science Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Space](/tag/space/) ## Space Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Astronaut's Sunrise Photo From Space Will Make You Feel Better by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 15, 2015 2:07 PM CUT by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 15, 2015 2:07 PM CUT Sometimes a bit of perspective can go a long way in lifting your spirits. Right now, few people have as much perspective as [astronaut Scott Kelly](https://twitter.com/StationCDRKelly/status/665886083008356353 "undefined"), who’s spending a year on the International Space Station. “Today is a new day with limitless possibilities to do great things,” he wrote in a message on Twitter with a photo of his sunrise view. > [](https://twitter.com/StationCDRKelly/status/665886083008356353) TIME is producing a series of documentary films on Kelly’s time on the space station, titled _A Year in Space,_ which can be viewed [here](http://time.com/space-nasa-scott-kelly-mission/ "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4113649/astronaut-scott-kelly-sunrise/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4113649/astronaut-scott-kelly-sunrise/"},"headline":"This Astronaut's Sunrise Photo From Space Will Make You Feel Better","datePublished":"2015-11-15T14:07:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:38:25.030Z","description":"\"Today is a new day with limitless possibilities to do great things\"","url":"https://time.com/4113649/astronaut-scott-kelly-sunrise/","keywords":["Space"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/space/","name":"Space"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4113649/astronaut-scott-kelly-sunrise/","name":"This Astronaut's Sunrise Photo From Space Will Make You Feel Better"}}]}] ```