If there’s one thing everyone can agree on, it’s the awesomeness of nature. That’s not refutable, especially on a day like Earth Day.

In almost every incidence otherwise — politics, parenting and religion — there are exceptions to the rules. No one is the same.

Show anyone a picture posted by flight engineer Col. Chris Hadfield, and you’ll get similar responses from everyone: awe, surprise, wonder.

From the International Space Station, Hadfield is currently snapping photos of the Earth from space and posting them to Tumblr, Facebook and Twitter daily. It’s a reminder of the respect and awe we should have for the planet.

Recent shots include one of Amman, Jordan, lit up at night, a dry salt lake in the Australian outback and a breathtaking image of the moon rising over a cloudy Earth.

Others showcase experiments in zero gravity and everyday activity on the ship.

This is exactly what the world needs.

On Facebook, commenters flood his pictures with exclamations about watching the ISS cross the sky, knowing he’s up there or the interesting perspective the images bring to their desk jobs.

Hadfield helps us see the world from a view we don’t get walking around campus every day.

He broadens our perspective on life and reminds us of the bigger picture.

There are some things better than the caterpillars infesting LSU’s campus or a slew of bomb threats and detonations.

Somewhere in space, astronauts on the ISS are working toward a better future in which humans have the opportunity to explore other worlds, and Hadfield’s pictures are a reminder of that.

Sure, you could look at Google Earth images and get the gist of the planet, but Hadfield is timely. He responds to current events around the world — most recently offering condolences to Boston.

He frames his pictures with captions like “I’m not artistic, but I appreciate it when others are.”

Despite what he says, his photos are art, reminding us one snapshot at a time of the relative size of our own lives, and the gorgeous beast that is the planet.

With all the recent media frenzy concerning Boston, the explosion in West Texas and the continuing tensions in the Middle East, it’s easy to forget we live on a beautiful conglomeration of evolution and geological upheaval.

Hadfield reminds us.

He pushes the beauty in our faces, and maybe for him it’s not a call to save the planet, but it inherently is.

Each picture is a tip of the hat to the scientific luck of our planet.

Despite all the issues humans have inflicted upon the earth, it still rebounds.

This is not to say humanity should continue in this vein of destruction, but the negative isn’t all that exists.

Hadfield addressed the idea of loneliness in space in a Reddit Ask Me Anything forum, saying loneliness is not about location, but mindset.

Similarly, the way each person sees the world is not about what goes on holistically, but rather their unique perspective.

Hadfield offering up his perspective for public use is something we should take advantage to remember there’s something more than us in the world.

Happy Earth Day.

Megan Dunbar is a 19-year-old English junior from Greenville, S.C.