I cant believe I havent posted on my blog in 2 days. I apologize, the weekend almost killed me.
This weekend on Saturday Jan 10 we celebrated the "Full Wolf Moon". Native americans have named various moon phases and the Full Wolf Moons name came from the following belief:
" Amid the zero cold and deep snows of midwinter, the wolf packs howled hungrily outside Indian villages. It was also known as the Old Moon or the moon after Yule. In some tribes this was the Full Snow Moon; most applied that name to the next moon. The moon will also be at perigee (its closest point to Earth) on this day, at 6:00 a.m. EST, at a distance of 222,138mi. (357,497 km.) from Earth. Very high ocean tides can be expected from the coincidence of perigee with full moon.
It was the biggest moon that I have ever seen. The night sky was full of different shades of darker blues, it was very eerie.
Weird things happen under a moon like this. Enjoy this photo of the moon over monument valley. I can only imagine what the native Anasazi's thought when they were able to go outside at midnight and it was light out...
Back tomorrow with more!
5 comments:
And that big ole moon plays havoc on people. Oh how I remember the days....miss them some. Oh wait, nope I don't either. It was just a fleeting moment...whew, for a second I thought I might have to go back and get a job!
I can tell when the moon's full even withoutlooking, just by the crazy behavior of the humans around here. Me especially!
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Yeah, it was awesome here! Tried to get some pictures myself but darn battery wasn't charged and my camera died. Note to self: Charge battery and get a back up!
I love the wolf moon. It is my favorite moon to see. So big and bright.
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