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To infinity and beyond: Astronaut's photos from space - Photographing Space
Chris Hadfield is a Canadian Astronaut currently living in space aboard ISS as Flight Engineer on Expedition 34, to be Commander of Expedition 35. Capturing life from above with Nikon D2 and D3 cameras, Chris comments on his Twitter page: "Yes, I should sleep more on Station, but the view from the window is like a perpetual magnet, too wondrous to ignore."
To infinity and beyond: Astronaut's photos from space - Australia
"Australia - the dryness creates colours and textures that make the Outback immediately recognizable from space." - Chris Hadfield
To infinity and beyond: Astronaut photos from space - Central Asia
"Humans need straight lines, nature doesn't. Indecisive river and orderly farmers, central Asia.: - Chris Hadfield
To infinity and beyond: Astronaut photos from space - stratosphere
"Our atmosphere has distinct layers; the troposphere and stratosphere are easily visible from orbit." - Chris Hadfield.
To infinity and beyond: Astronaut photos from space - Himalayas
"Glacier tongues in the Himalayas." - Chris Hadfield
To infinity and beyond: Astronaut's photos from space - thunderstorm
"Thunderstorm from above. What animal to you see?" - Chris Hadfield
To infinity and beyond: Astronaut's photos from space - Australian Beach
"Australian beach - the tip of King Sound, near Derby in the Northwest." - Chris Hadfield
To infinity and beyond: Astronaut's photos from space - Goose Bay
"Goose Bay, Happy Valley, Labrador. I flew CF-18s as an RCAF fighter pilot here." - Chris Hadfield
To infinity and beyond: Astronaut's photos from space - Mosaic of farms in Central Asia
"A crazed stained glass mosaic - the winter black and white of farms in central Asia." -Chris Hadfield
"Minus 80 degree freezer makes a cloud of ice fog. Used for preserving biological samples." - Chris Hadfield
"Newfoundland and Labrador, without zoom." -Chris Hadfield
Even from 400 km up you can sense the searing dryness of southern Saudi Arabia." - Chris Hadfield
To infinity and beyond: Astronaut's photos from space - Corn rows of sand in Saudi Arabia
Corn rows of sand, tightly sculpted by wind, heat and time, Saudi Arabia
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To infinity and beyond: Astronaut's photos from space - Bahamas
"It's hard to believe the colours of the Bahamas from space." - Chris Hadfield
Japanese rice fields tidily blanketed with snow." - Chris Hadfield
"Italian coast - like a diamond set in a ring." - Chris Hadfield
To infinity and beyond: Astronaut's photos from space - Volcanoes
"Volcanoes look dramatic at dawn. They startled me when I spotted them through the lens." -Chris Hadfield
To infinity and beyond: Astronaut's photos from space - Corfu
"The Greek Island of Corfu. Places as beautiful as this are alluring for my return to Earth." - Chris Hadfield
To infinity and beyond: Astronaut's photos from space - Sharm el Sheikh
"Sharm el Sheikh, at the tip of the Sinai on the Red Sea." -Chris Hadfield
To infinity and beyond: Astronaut's photos from space - Egypt
"Hurghada, Egypt, a popular tourism and diving site on the Red Sea." - Chris Hadfield
To infinity and beyond: Astronaut's photos from space - Adriatic Sea
"Vlore, Albania, with the Adriatic Sea currents vividly visible." - Chris Hadfield
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