Here is what Mt. Vesuvius expect like from orbit . It await like we ’re going to have a year of awesome space snapshot now that Commander Chris Hadfield is on gameboard the International Space Station , andtweeting lots of gorgeous Earth porno . He ’s working as a flight engineer now , but get quick to be commander of the next excursion . It ’s great to see him sharing his excitement about his work far above the satellite . Here are some of his honest snaps from the retiring few days . snap the image to enlarge .
It ’s the Alps , looking almost like they could be on another satellite .
Here ’s Long Point , Lake Winnipeg . you could see where this region gets its name .
Here ’s a pellet taken by Kevin Ford from the ISS of the Soyuz skyrocket that brought Hadfield up to the space station . you may see Earth , the Moon , and the Soyuz — “ like scientific discipline fiction into fact , ” Hadfield wrote .
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