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A picture of Jersey City from space, taken by astronaut Scott Kelly and posted on Twitter on May 23, 2015.

Astronaut Scott Kelly posted a view of Jersey City from space today to pay tribute to the city where he once worked as an EMT.

Kelly, operations branch chief of the International Space Station and a New Jersey native, is spending the year in space and has been tweeting pictures of cities in between space walks.

His picture of Jersey City was in honor of EMS Week, which ends today.

To end #EMSWeek #JerseyCity where I worked as an EMT more than 30 years ago. pic.twitter.com/Zc7lFFl8wL — Scott Kelly (@StationCDRKelly) May 23, 2015

Kelly was born in Orange and went to high school in West Orange. He launched into space in late March for what is intended to be a record-breaking 342-day mission aboard the ISS.

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