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I'm pickin' up good libration.
The almost-full moon, showing prominent rayed craters. Mountains and other irregularities are visible along the limbs, especially at bottom and left.
November 5, 2025 at 3:44 AM
It's a scorcher.
The very very very full moon. Go look at it. Now.
October 7, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Wear your moonscreen.
Downtown Ottawa and the Chief William Commanda Bridge, with the Ottawa River reflecting tonight's very full moon, which you should be looking at in person instead of on your phone. Be polite to the moon.
October 7, 2025 at 1:44 AM
By now you should know what to do.
The full moon rising over west end Ottawa this evening.
October 7, 2025 at 1:43 AM
You very much need to go look at the moon.
The almost-full waxing moon, rising through the Belt of Venus, with treetops out of the focal plane in the foreground, which is fortunate, because it probably wouldn't be a great day for anyone if they were out of the focal plane in the background.
October 6, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Never know what else you might see when you look at the moon.

Go look at the moon.
A square composition with the moon barely entering the frame from above, while three of a much larger line of migrating geese are flying into the frame from below. Go look at the moon.
October 4, 2025 at 3:24 AM
If your lookers are any good for lookin', point them at the moon.
A telephoto view of the waxing gibbous moon tonight, a fine Third Summer evening in this corner of the world. Craters are prominently visible along the lunar terminator at left, while the maria and even ray craters are visible in the fully illuminated portion.
October 4, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Each evening the sun sets in five billion places.
Seven Canada geese silhouetted against the dusk reflected on the Ottawa River at Westboro Beach, where they are reclaiming space from the fairweather humans.
October 3, 2025 at 3:04 AM
The moon: go look at it.
A nearly first quarter moon, by some miracle properly focussed and exposed, ringed by one of the distinctive red "lifesaver" lamps that marks an @oc_transpo LRT station in Ottawa.
September 30, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Felt crepuscular, might delete later.
Atmospheric scattering rays at dusk over the Ottawa River at Parc Brébeuf / Parc Mousette in Gatineau.
September 20, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Départs / Departures
While others take off from a different part of the same aerodrome, as peak goose holiday travel season kicks in.
September 18, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Arrivées / Arrivals...
Two Canada geese touching down at the Remic Rapids aerodrome on the Ottawa River.
September 18, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Closing out another day on the surface of a rocky lil planet.
Limestone layers on the bed of the Ottawa River at Parc Moussette in Gatineau. Possibly the Navel of the World?
August 15, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Go look at the moon.
A hazy smokey red moon rising over the south shore of the Ottawa River near the Champlain Bridge tonight.
August 9, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Good night, duckies
Lorge duckie and smol duckie swimming among the rock sculptures at Remic Rapids in Ottawa.
July 31, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Roumd.
Stromatolite fossils in the bed of the Ottawa River at Remic Rapids.
July 28, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Woo wee
The top of an under-construction apartment tower against the background of an approaching severe thunderstorm over Ottawa.
July 25, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Flotilla.
Canada geese paddling upstream and making use of eddies in the Ottawa River, viewed vertically from the Commanda bridge.
July 13, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Happy new year!
The sunset this solstice evening across the Ottawa River near the Champlain Bridge
June 21, 2025 at 4:49 AM
It's fun to infrare.
An infrared view across the Ottawa River to the Tunney's Pasture complex.
June 19, 2025 at 2:34 AM
The Wisdom of the Ancient Ones is true. Sky Ball is real.

Sky Ball is real.
The warm glowing Sky Ball of legend makes a brief appearance over Ottawa.
May 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
It was a good day to be a flag.
A Canadian flag on a pole, viewed vertically from below, against a clear blue sky and a background of construction and a crane
May 17, 2025 at 2:44 PM
And go look at the moon.
The full-approximate moon just hovering there, emitting moon rays, this early northern hemisphere mid-latitude summer evening.
May 11, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Also Sprach Zarathustra.
Some portion of some district heating and cooling thingie at Tunney's Pasture in Ottawa, looking all monolithy.
May 11, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Hi-diddley-ho, neighbourinos.
The moon (large thing, top) and Mars (small thing, bottom). Go look at them; they appreciate it.
March 9, 2025 at 5:16 AM