Bonnie but Rugged: Canadian Astronaut Hadfield snaps Scotland from ISS

"Bonnie but Rugged!" Loch Lomond and the Clyde estuary in view here.

Cmdr Hadfield: "The ruggedness of Scotland evident in the snowy hills and lochs north of the Firth of Clyde." 

First Minister Alex Salmond tweeted the astronaut saying he was impressed with his photography. 

Cmdr Hadfield responded by saying he hoped to visit Scotland when he was "back on earth". 

The "Whiskey Islands" - The Isle of Skye photographed by Cmdr Hadfield - he described them as "a stirring landscape". 

The islands of Canna, Rum, Eigg, and Muck are visible to the south of Skye, as well as the mainland from Loch Torridon down to Loch Nevis. Cmdr Hadfield said: 

"Edinburgh to Dundee, with the big Tay and Forth bridges visible.