A photo showing the flooding in Bundaberg taken by Commander Hadfield on the International Space Station.

A photo showing the flooding in Bundaberg taken by Commander Hadfield on the International Space Station.

A CANADIAN astronaut has given the Bundaberg region a unique view of the flooding crisis after taking a picture of the Burnett River from the International Space Station.

Commander Chris Hadfield tweeted several pictures to his 278,000 followers, showing the impact of the floods in Queensland.

Commander Hadfield told his followers he had stayed up late on the space station to be able to take the photos of flooding across Queensland.

The astronaut uses twitter to send out photos from across the world and to tell people about life on the international space station.

He tweeted several pictures of Australian attractions to celebrate Australia Day.

Commander Hadfield is scheduled to land back on Earth on May 16.

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