10 amazing photos astronaut Chris Hadfield posted from space

Very few of us get a glimpse of space and how Earth looks from orbit, but thanks to Canadian mission specialist Chris Hadfield's recent photos aboard the International Space Station, we can learn more about the life of an astronaut.

First he sang a Christmas carol while aboard the ISS earlier this month. Now Hadfield, currently living in space aboard ISS as Flight Engineer on Expedition 34, is using social media to share his experience in orbit. For the past few days, Hadfield has posted Twitter photos of Earth from the ISS's perspective, devices he uses, portraits of him floating aboard the ISS and much more. Below are 10 photos offering a taste of Hadfield's mission:

Via Chris Hadfield's Twitter feed

Chris Hadfield photographs a view from the International Space Station

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Via Chris Hadfield's Twitter feed

Chris Hadfield photographs a view from the International Space Station. "Docked to the mother ship - our Soyuz and an unmanned Progress resupply ship"

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Chris Hadfield aboard the International Space Station, using the treadmill

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Chris Hadfield photographs from the International Space Station an airlock in the Japanese Lab to allows them to put experiments out into the vacuum of space

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When Chris Hadfield uses the benchpress, this is his view from the International Space Station

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Soyuz in the Desert - coming up to dock with the station with a view of the Sahara below

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Chris Hadfield photographs a view from the International Space Station, this of Toronto with snow on Dec. 30

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From the ISS, Hadfield snaps a photo of what the Rockies look like on Dec. 30, 2012

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Chris Hadfield writes: "Earth, Moon and Soyuz: Kevin Ford took this picture as we approached Station last week."

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