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Gorgeous sunset tonight from the steps of City Hall in Prince George.

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Going through some old photos and here's one of BC/DC going off at Canada Games Plaza. #cityofpg

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Exploring abandoned houses with @thescratchedlens a few months back

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Lheidli T'enneh Memorial Park on a beautiful Sunday evening. #cityofpg

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Lheidli T'enneh Memorial Park in Prince George. So lucky to have such a beautiful space right in town. #cityofpg

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I always enjoy hearing the story behind the photos. Helps me immensely when trying to improve my skills.

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Scott Kelly’s year in space

Astronaut Scott Kelly returned to Earth on March 2, 2016, after an unprecedented year in space for NASA, landing in barren Kazakhstan with a Russian cosmonaut who shared his whole space station journey.

Their Soyuz capsule parachuted onto the central Asian steppes and ended a science-rich mission at the International Space Station that began last March and was deemed a steppingstone to Mars.

It was a triumphant homecoming for Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko after 340 days in space. Kelly pumped his fist as he emerged from the capsule, then gave a thumbs-up. He smiled and chatted with his doctors and others as photographers crushed around him in the freezing cold.

Kelly and Kornienko had checked out of the space station 3 ½ hours earlier. In total, they traveled 144 million miles through space, circled the world 5,440 times and experienced 10,880 orbital sunrises and sunsets during the longest single spaceflight by an American.

Kelly posted one last batch of sunrise photos Tuesday on Twitter before quipping, “I gotta go!” His final tweet from orbit came several hours later: “The journey isn’t over. Follow me as I rediscover # Earth!” (AP)

Photos: (from top) REUTERS/Scott Kelly/ESA/NASA, REUTERS/NASA, Scott Kelly/NASA via AFP, REUTERS/NASA/Scott Kelly, NASA via AP, Scott Kelly/NASA via AP, 2

See more images from Space and our other slideshows on Yahoo News!

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Love looking and images like these and using them as inspiration and motivation to make my work better. I want people to look at my photos with the same sense of awe as I feel when I look at these.

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Taken on assignment for The Prince George Citizen.

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Taken on assignment for The Prince George Citizen.

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Another one from the Chinese New Year fireworks display at The Exploration Place. Taken while on assignment for the Prince George Citizen.

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Fireworks celebrating Chinese New Year at The Exploration Place. It was slightly windy so there are some cool little trails due to the wind and long exposure. Taken on assignment for the Prince George Citizen.

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The Scratched Lens: Weekend Watch. McCullin. 

This is a must see for anyone who has a passion photography or journalism. This has to be one of my favourite documentaries about war photography.

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VIETNAM. 1968. Scene during Operation Pegasus.

Photograph: Larry Burrows/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images

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This was easily the hardest set of photos I have done so far. It was such a beautiful ceremony for a very sad purpose. Taken while on assignment for The Prince George Citizen.

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Tried to get something a little different for the BCNE this year, throwing some long exposure photos of the rides into the mix. Taken while on assignment for The Prince George Citizen.

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Pretty rad to be in the front row taking photos of a band like this. The entire crowd, including myself, singing along with “We’re not going to take it” was definitely something I won’t forget. Taken while on assignment for The Prince George Citizen.