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Chris Hadfield/NASA
The 53-year-old station commander has posted over 1,500 tweets and images showing some of the most remote and most populated corners of the globe and his account, @Cmdr_Hadfield, has gained hundreds of thousands of followers.
The BBC reported that he even received a tweet from Bowie when he posted his rendition of Bowie's song Space Oddity on youtube.
We've collected some of Hadfield's most extraordinary pictures of Earth in our gallery below.
Commander Chris Hadfield's stunning views from space
- The Richat Structure, Oudane, Mauritania"Tonight's Finale: The Richat Structure. A giant gazing eye upon the Earth."Image may be NSFW.
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- London, UK"To commemorate the passing of the Iron Lady, in the centre of these London lights is #10 Downing Street."Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view. - Australian Outback"The Australian Outback is effortlessly crazily beautiful."Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view. - Sahara Desert, Africa"The effortless natural art of the southern Sahara."Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view. - Chad, Africa?"The beautiful and violent ugliness inside a naked volcano. Chad, Africa."Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view. - Beijing, China"Beijing just after sunset. I'm still trying to spot the Great Wall, but it's hard as it's narrow and dun-colored."Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view. - Newfoundland, Canada"A heraldic Spring dragon of ice roars rampant off the coast of Newfoundland."Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view. - Rocky Mountains, Canada"Canada rocks."Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view. - The Black Sea, South-eastern Europe"Dr. Seuss-inspired swirls in the Black Sea."Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view. - Turkey"Little farmers, big farmers and nature, in Turkey."Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view. - Spaceships glowing blue in the dawn over FloridaImage may be NSFW.
Clik here to view. - Ireland"Big storm swirling off the Irish coast on 9th May."Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view. - Scotland"A sunny day in Scotland"Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view. - The moon rising over a bed of cloudImage may be NSFW.
Clik here to view. - Space flight finale"To some this may look like a sunset. But it's a new dawn."Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view. - Boston, you're beatiful"Hope you Bruins play a memorable game tonight vs the Leafs."Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view. - Thunderstorms over the AmazonImage may be NSFW.
Clik here to view. - The southwest corner of AfricaImage may be NSFW.
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