Japanese Astronaut Soichi Noguchi has been "tweeting" pictures of Earth from the International Space Station. Here are his pictures and thoughts, as well as other photos from the starry plane.

Bahrain

Bahrain. Feel like fishing?

Syndey, Australia

Sydney, Australia. Should be Mid-Summer down-under.

Jakarta, Indonesia

Jakarta, Indonesia. Big city near Equator.

Bucharest, Romania

Bucharest, Romania

Aruba

Feb. 6: "Antilles, near Venezuela."

Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

Maldives Islands, Indian Ocean

Feb. 3:"Breathtakingly beatiful!"

Banff, Canada

Feb. 5: "Looks like plenty of snow for ski."