Chris Hadfield is a Canadian astronaut aboard the international Space Station
He keeps users updates on his travels via his Twitter feed - and posted these stunning pictures of flooding as he sailed down the Queensland coast from up high.
Floodwater flows into the Coral Sea at Gladstone:

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Silt and sediment flows into the sea at Maryborough:

A similar scene in Rockhampton:

Floodwaters flow out from Bundaberg:

