Ottawa, eastern Ontario cast eyes to the sky as solar eclipse turns day to night

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People in Ottawa and eastern Ontario turned their eyes to the sky Monday to catch a rare solar eclipse, while those in the “path of totality” experienced day briefly turn to night.

Next solar eclipse in Canada won’t happen until 2044

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Watch the path of totality from Kingston, Ont.

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The moments just before, during and after the total solar eclipse as witnessed by a CBC News camera in Kingston, Ont. This timelapse was sped up and condensed for this clip.

People in Ottawa and eastern Ontario turned their eyes to the sky Monday to catch a rare solar eclipse, while those in the “path of totality” experienced day briefly turn to night.

Municipalities south of the capital including Cornwall and Kingston hosted viewing parties to celebrate the total solar eclipse, which won’t be seen again in Canada until 2044.

A man and a woman wearing filtered glasses look up into the sky.
Chloë Grace Fogarty-Bourget, left, and Hasi Eldib, right, gaze skyward in Cornwall, Ont., while wearing special eclipse-viewing glasses. (Matthew Kupfer/CBC)

In case you missed it, here’s a selection of images as residents of the region took in this extraordinary celestial sight.

Ottawa

Two elderly people and a young child look up into the sky.
Marlene and Jerry Fryer watch the eclipse with their grandson Henry outside the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa. (Stu Mills/CBC)
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau looks into the sky wearing protective glasses
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau takes in the solar eclipse from the roof of the Langevin Block in downtown Ottawa on Monday. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)
Crowd of people sit on rocks and look up into the sky
Spectators watch the solar eclipse outside the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa. (Stu Mills/CBC)
A man tries on protective glasses and smiles up into the sky.
Deputy Speaker of the House Chris d’Entremont tries out a pair of protective glasses on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)

Kingston

A man looks through his large telescope.
Chris Belkosky demonstrates his Dobsonian telescope in Kingston, Ont., on Monday. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press)
A group of young women watch the solar eclipse while sitting on a hill.
People in Kingston react as the totality phase of the solar eclipse ends. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press)
A little girl wears eclipse glasses and covers her face with a yellow and blue mask.
Dezaray Butts and her father Douglas wear solar eclipse glasses as they observe the partial phase of a total solar eclipse in Kingston. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press)

Cornwall

A large crowd of people watch a solar eclipse with protective eyewear
People in Cornwall use cameras and protective glasses to catch the solar eclipse. (Matthew Kupfer/CBC)
A large crowd of people point phones and look up at the sky in Cornwall, Ont.
A crowd watches the solar eclipse as the sky darkens over Cornwall. (Matéo Garcia-Tremblay/CBC)
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