L'astronaute canadien Chris Hadfield sera de retour sur Terre ce soir, lundi 13 mai 2013.
Il quittera la Station spatiale internationale, où il a agi à titre de commandant, à bord d'une capsule russe Soyouz.
Chris Hadfield s'est démarqué au cours de son séjour par son sens de la communication inédit pour un astronaute. Il a notamment communiqué avec les terriens via Twitter, en plus de nous faire part de quelques chansons interprétées à partir de la Station spatiale internationale.
Mais plusieurs se souviendront particulièrement de lui pour ses superbes photos de la terre envoyées depuis l'espace.
Les plus belles photos de Chris Hadfield
Argentina(01 of36)
"Glacial water burping into the Atlantic in deep Southern Argentina." (credit:Chris Hadfield/Twitter)
Pop!(02 of36)
'The Earth has problem skin; one popped, the other didn't." (credit:Chris Hadfield/Twitter)
South America(03 of36)
"Tonight's Finale: Nature inspires awe - cloud, ice and rock in southern South America." (credit:Chris Hadfield/Twitter)
Mexico(04 of36)
"Happy Alligator Lake, Mexico. I'm certain it has an official name, but that's what it looks like to me." (credit:Chris Hadfield/Twitter)
Haruna(05 of36)
'Tonight's Finale: Haruna, a large and powerful tropical cyclone, wreaks clockwise destruction across Madagascar." (credit:Chris Hadfield/Twitter)
Africa(06 of36)
"This taffy-twisted African rock reminds me of a dolphin, and Alfred Hitchcock." (credit:Chris Hadfield/Twitter)
Freetown, Sierra Leone(07 of36)
"Freetown. A major west African port city, capital of Sierra Leone." (credit:Chris Hadfield/Twitter)
It Totally Does(08 of36)
"Even as I took this picture I was thinking it will make a nice desktop background. And it does." (credit:Chris Hadfield/Twitter)
Sandy Musings(09 of36)
"I don't think that sand came from those rocks." (credit:Chris Hadfield/Twitter)
Haggis (Well, Not Really)(10 of36)
"This green Aussie lake somehow reminds me of a haggis." (credit:Chris Hadfield/Twitter)
Andes(11 of36)
"Some fault lines are visible from space. Tectonic plates make a rift in the Andes." (credit:Chris Hadfield/Twitter)
Sahara(12 of36)
"Arid fingers of sand-blasted rock look like they're barely holding on against the hot Saharan wind." (credit:Chris Hadfield/Twitter)
Martian Earth(13 of36)
"Mars is a very interesting planet, with its rugged, ancient surface. But this is Earth." (credit:Chris Hadfield/Twitter)
Cloud(14 of36)
"Tonight's Finale: There is an undeniable beauty in human imagination. What do you see in this Saharan cloud?" (credit:Chris Hadfield/Twitter)
Valentine(15 of36)
"All the grains of sand in all the deserts can't compare to the number of ways I love you. #ValentineFromSpace" (credit:Chris Hadfield/Twitter)
Oyster?(16 of36)
"Your perspective often dictates what you see. From here I see a puffball on an oyster half-shell. How about you?" (credit:Chris Hadfield/Twitter)
Himalayas(17 of36)
"Tonight's Finale: The Himalayas to the horizon, gives me such a feeling of wild grandeur." (credit:Chris Hadfield/Twitter)
Patagonia(18 of36)
"Tonight's finale:You hear all about the man in the moon, but what about the man in Patagonia?" (credit:Chris Hadfield/Twitter)
New Zealand(19 of36)
"As I look at the verdant fjords and inlets of southern NZ, I ask myself can this possibly be real? Yet there it is." (credit:Chris Hadfield/Twitter)
Earth Art(20 of36)
"If you give wind and sand enough time together, they create art." (credit:Chris Hadfield/Twitter)
South Africa(21 of36)
"Where there's water, there's life. Serpentine river and center pivot irrigation farms in South Africa." (credit:Chris Hadfield/Twitter)
Outback(22 of36)
"A lot of the Australian Outback looks like somebody spilled something on it." (credit:Chris Hadfield/Twitter)
Quebec Crater(23 of36)
"Tonight's Finale: Asteroid impact - the Manicouagan Crater in Quebec. On old scar, but a big one at 100 km across." (credit:Chris Hadfield/Twitter)
Croatia(24 of36)
"Split, Croatia, a fine natural harbor on the gorgeously rugged Adriatic coast." (credit:Chris Hadfield/Twitter)
Cape Town(25 of36)
"Cape Town, South Africa, the glinting sun highlighting the water." (credit:Chris Hadfield/Twitter)
Australia(26 of36)
"King George's Sound, Australia. Charles Darwin got off the Beagle and hosted a dance here in February, 1836." (credit:Chris Hadfield/Twitter)
Haruna From Feb. 21(27 of36)
"Eye of the Storm - Tropical Cyclone Haruna, today over Madagascar, with Canadarm2 pointing at the eye." (credit:Chris Hadfield/Twitter)
Someone Misses Starbucks(28 of36)
"These delicate cappuccino frosting decorations are, in fact, endless hummocks of Saharan sand." (credit:Chris Hadfield/Twitter)
Moon Rise(29 of36)
"Tonight's Finale: The full moon rises over the only planet we have ever called home." (credit:Chris Hadfield/Twitter)
Baby Bergs(30 of36)
"Mama Iceberg and her litter of baby ice cubes, slowly melting into the South Atlantic Ocean." (credit:Chris Hadfield/Twitter)
Outback Faces(31 of36)
"The Outback is full of scary faces, staring up in forbidding horror." (credit:Chris Hadfield/Twitter)
Aurora(32 of36)
"Tonight's finale: Northern Lights - recent aurora in green and red waves, USA and Canada below, the universe above." (credit:Chris Hadfield/Twitter)
Amazon(33 of36)
'The incredibly green lush wetness of the Amazon basin." (credit:Chris Hadfield/Twitter)
Abstract Earth(34 of36)
"Clouds, shadows and sand, playing with my imagination." (credit:Chris Hadfield/Twitter)
Bellybutton(35 of36)
"Earth has a bellybutton! My guess is that this perfect African circle is a meteor impact crater." (credit:Chris Hadfield/Twitter)
BONUS: Space Pajamas(36 of36)
"Weightless in my new space pajamas - made in Russia, very warm and comfy." (credit:Chris Hadfield/Twitter)