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Thanks to David Carroll for allowing us to republish this photo he took earlier today, showing the “tail-end of an annular eclipse as seen at sunrise” from Ottawa. The original, full-size version is here… [ ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/david_carroll/10644410965/) ** See also: ** Ottawa Nature Guide ...

Thanks to Carmen H. for sharing these great pics of hot air balloons over Gatineau. [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/BTE_GGsCMAEMnlQ.jpg) [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/BTE-Kz7CUAAOvRb.jpg) And here are a few from Stéphane Tourangeau , who posted lots of great balloon photos to his Twitter feed this morning. ...

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. ...