Canadian astronaut tweets view of Golden Horseshoe from space
Cmdr. Chris Hadfield's tweets capture the attention of William Shatner
By Cory Ruf, CBC News
Posted: Jan 4, 2013 8:52 AM ET
Last Updated: Jan 4, 2013 12:10 PM ET
Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield (centre) walks to a Soyuz-FG rocket in Kazakhstan on Dec. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
There are certain benefits of having a resident of a nearby burg take a trip in space.
Case in point: Commander Chris Hadfield's stint on the International Space Station has snagged southern Ontario residents a snazzy souvenir.
On Thursday, the Canadian astronaut from Milton, Ont. tweeted a Jan 2. photo of the Golden Horseshoe revealing the Hamilton area covered in a blanket a snow.
The former Royal Canadian Air Force pilot blasted off from Kazakhstan in mid-December for a five-month stint at the International Space Station. He is slated to take command of the outpost in March — the first Canadian to do so.
Take a look at some of his Twitter activity, which included a pretty surreal exchange with an even more famous space captain.
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