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colchrishadfield:

Kitchener-Waterloo, ON – home to BlackBerry, uWaterloo and the church my wife and I got married in.

Hey look, it’s a picture of me! (And about half a million other people.)

(This picture was taken during the day, so no matter how much you zoomed in you would not see me in my backyard, looking up and waving. Evening, now, that’s another matter.)

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#Waterloo Region #our home and cherished land #with everything all white and grey it’s hard to get your bearings on this picture #no picking out towns by the light-clusters #but I’m pretty sure I’m in there *somewhere*

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explore-blog:

explore-blog:

If you thought driving on Earth is a chore, you haven’t tried off-roading on another planet. So far, robotic rovers have reached out to the moon and Mars, with astronauts actually driving a lunar car on the moon during NASA’s Apollo program. Those missions amount to what could be the first interplanetary road race.

Visualizing the distance traveled by extraterrestrial vehicles, visibly inspired by Otto Neurath’s vintage ISOTYPE infographics.

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#space #22 miles sounds like a pathetic distance for 8+ years #until you remember it’s 22 miles *on Mars* #then it becomes awesome

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anshinwrites:

flatbear:

jtotheizzoe:

ATTENTION folks, there is currently an astronaut posting to Tumblr from space. I repeat, there is a human being, that is currently in freakin’ SPACE, posting pictures (from said SPACE) to their Tumblr blog.

There are things, called words, that are failing me, about the other things, that I am feeling.

Expedition 35 Commander Chris Hadfield: You sir, are cooler than a polar bear’s toenails.

(He’s also on Twitter)

Jesus christ this is incredible WHO IS HIS INTERNET PROVIDER.

internet provider? he’s in space.  internet providers are an earth problem for earth dwellers.

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#Chris Hadfield has a Tumblr? #(I knew about the Twitter) #a Tumblr that I am not following #this must be fixed

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aboxfulloftimelords:

butterflysong:

lavendertownterror:

Earth, Jupiter and Venus from the skyline of Mars!

These kinds of pictures always blow me away.

Like, wow, everyone on Earth is in this picture, and we’re all so tiny that you can barely even see the planet.

Oh look, I’m in the picture :D

asgdhjs;agsdhj I wasn’t ready when they took it! :(

My husband everybody. <3

Best commentary on this photo ever okay. :(

Wow, this has got a lot of notes. Shame about the whole computer-generated thing.

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#Mars #corrections #still kind of pretty #maybe next I’ll find a real Martian photo to reblog