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Batman at yesterday’s Sears Great Canadian Chill (New Year’s Day Polar Bear Dip) at Britannia Beach in Ottawa. Photographer Mr. Casual says: “Fingers were frozen just taking the photo”. (Does anyone know the identity of this masked ice crusader? ...

This is amazing. Earlier today Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield tweeted this photo taken from space, showing a snow-covered Ottawa. Full size photo here. ** ** [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/ottawa-snow-from-space.jpg) ** ** ** ** ** See also: ** Ottawa Nature & Science Guide ...

Thanks to Kyle Smith for sending this hypnotizing video along. It was shot at about 11:15am, looking northwest over the Ottawa River from a highrise in west Ottawa. Luckily at the end the snow tops and the sky starts to clear. ...

Did you see the sunrise on Friday morning? I wasn’t up that early but lucky for me these photographers were awake and snapped some great photos. (All photos published here with permission.) [  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/sp.jpg) "A very beautiful sunrise this morning in Ottawa. ...

Thanks to Kyle Smith for sending along this photo of the Northern Lights, taken last night looking over the Ottawa River. (Click for full size.) ** ** [ ](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Gf2sw1g-qf4/UHQfVlXZ-SI/AAAAAAAAOZU/RksnDxoJDX0/s1600/A4uciPxCEAA0e0k.jpg-large) ** See also: ** Ottawa Nature Guide If you liked this post, you should ** subscribe to etcetera , ** our free email newsletter. ...

[  ](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--jgno-ni_PI/UAASUN6SxyI/AAAAAAAANHo/P4UJkiuw2JA/s1600/Axn3rEaCQAAutFp.jpg-large) Sun kissed day near the Chateau Laurier. Photo by [ Kevin Hua ](http://twitter.com/khuaplox) . * Environment Canada is forecasting some very hot weather over the next few days. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/71_candidate_gary-beamish.jpg) _ Ottawa _ The recent heatwave staggering the regions of Eastern Canada have brought temperatures into the mid-30s, but with a “humidex"factor of reaching into the 40s. The increasing humidex factor has many people wondering how the humidex is calculated, as most times it is simply stated as “Feels like 43 with the humidex” during weather updates. ...

After the short rain in Ottawa earlier this evening, a rainbow appeared. Lots of people took photos of it. Here are some of the best ones, all published here with permission of the photographers. _ (If you have a photo of tonight’s rainbow, add a link to the comments below, or post it to the OttawaStart Flickr Group . ...

This shot kind of sums up the weekend. It’s from Brendan Lehman , republished here with his permission. [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/parliament-clouds.jpg) ** ** ** See also: ** Ottawa Parliament Hill Guide If you liked this post, please consider subscribing to our blog via email, Twitter, Facebook or RSS. ...

Here’s an amazing photo of lightning during last night’s storm, taken by Michelle Clark . It’s looking north west, with Wellington Street and Hintonburg in the foreground. She enhanced the photo a bit, adjusting clarity and contrast with an iPhone app – here’s the original . ...