Australian wildfires from space, courtesy of astronaut Chris Hadfield [PHOTOS]

The bush fires ravaging Australia are so massive that Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield can see them from space.

Over the last several days, the social-media savvy Hadfield has snapped photos of the wildfires from the International Space Station, where he's been tweeting up a storm since he boarded the satellite in December.

Another of the Australian bushfires, this one near Burrinjuck Dam. Look closely and you can see the flames from orbit. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…

— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 9, 2013

Striking image of the bushfires in Australia. Streamers of smoke are visible all across the country. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…

— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 9, 2013

According to the Daily Mail, extremely high temperatures (sometimes more than 120 degrees) and strong winds fueled the fires.

Hadfield has kept Earth-bound space fans up-to-date with his adventures aboard the ISS via his very active personal Twitter account. Besides capturing photos of Earth, Hadfield recorded a holiday song in space and traded "Star Trek" witticisms with fellow astronaut Buzz Aldrin, and actors William Shatner, Leonard Nemoy and Wil Wheaton.

@williamshatner Yes, Standard Orbit, Captain. And we're detecting signs of life on the surface.

— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 3, 2013

I am not Spock either, but living and working in this spaceship comes pretty close. Life mirrors art. LLAP, @therealnimoy.

— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 5, 2013

@wilw Wesley, we've talked about you being on the bridge. I believe you're needed in Engineering. :)

— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) January 5, 2013

@cmdr_hadfield @williamshatner Neil & I would've tweeted from the moon if we could have but I would prefer to tweet from Mars. Maybe by 2040

— Buzz Aldrin (@TheRealBuzz) January 4, 2013