Col. Chris Hadfield’s shot of Southern Ontario for the International Space Station
The entire world has been captivated by Chris Hadfield and his ongoing social campaign from space. The Canadian now commanding the International Space Station has been orbiting the earth since December, and ever since he’s been live-Tweeting his experiences to a rabid following of over 600,000 people, with thousands more joining daily.
Tweeting pictures of the planet from his unique perspective, he’s been praised around the globe for his thoughtful, provocative, fun and sometimes philosophical messages.
Latakia, Syria – deceptively calm and beautiful, strife-torn on the shore on the sea. Peaceful from such a distance. pic.twitter.com/SoWWZ5BU
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 2, 2013
The astronaut has posted thousands of pictures of Canada like Victoria, Cape Breton and Ottawa, as well as locations around the world including Havana, Central Asia, Mt. Fuji, Belarus and Mt. Etna, an active volcano spewing smoke and ash into the sky in Italy.
On Easter at dawn he was flying over Southern, Ontario, and he took the picture on the top of this post.
It was our one dawn of the day, it was his 16th. As powerful as that image is for us to see, showing us where we work live and play, from his perspective, he’s sees things differently.
“The world just unrolls itself for you and you see it absolutely discreetly as one place.
“Yes, there are important territorial issues, there are important personal issues. But at the same time, with increased communication, with increased understanding, comes a more global perspective.
“This is a spaceship, but so is the world.”
Follow Canadian ISS Comander, Col. Chis Hadfield on his epic journey here.