Needless to say, spinning around Earth provides some gorgeous views

May 2, 2013 22:11 GMT  ·  By

When he's not shooting photos of onions floating in space, astronaut Chris Hadfield has equally spectacular things to capture, like the Moon viewed through the thin Earth atmosphere before a low Earth orbit dawn.

Sunrises are gorgeous enough down on the ground; from space they're even more spectacular. Hadfield has been keeping busy shooting incredible photos and funny videos, in between running the International Space Station.

The photo, one of the most recent posted by the astronaut, shows the southeastern United States with a shiny small Moon on the horizon and the atmosphere turning blue as the sun comes up behind the planet.

Hadfield has less than a couple of weeks left to spend on the ISS and, by his own admission, plans to spend as much time soaking in the sights as possible.