Tal Gallery at Kfar Vradim, Israel is honored to host an exhibition of photos of our planet, taken by astronaut Jessica Meir during her seven month mission on the International Space Station in 2019-2020.

Through the perspective of her lens, Jessica shares with us the rare photos from her personal point of view, revealing her impressions and reflections of Earth as seen from space.

The images display magnificent and inspiring views of our planet, but also convey awareness of its fragility. The aesthetic, almost abstract images are in contrast to the threats humankind faces from the changes in climate, deforestation, rising sea levels, increases in wildfires and our growing carbon footprint.

Some of Jessica's photos portray a calm, peaceful look at the Middle East, that does not reveal the stormy events that take place on the ground.

 Photo: Jessica Meir, Israel and the Middleast, 2020
Courtesy NASA