Vancouverites have been able to enjoy their fair share of astronomical phenomena recently.
Our rainy city skies are usually too overcast to see astronomical events but this summer has corresponded with three different stunning displays of mother nature (the first was the Buck Moon back in July).
The Perseid meteor shower is ongoing until September and hits its peak this weekend, but last night the sky was lit up by another sight from above, the stunning Sturgeon Supermoon.
Supermoons can occur anywhere between twice and four times a year but the Sturgeon moon is the last supermoon of 2022.
It derives its name 'sturgeon' from Indigenous people of the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain who knew that sturgeon were more easily caught when the moon was at its fullest. Different tribes also used different names, including "'Wheat Cut Moon” (San Ildefonso, and San Juan), “Moon When All Things Ripen” (Dakotah Sioux), and ”Blueberry Moon” (Ojibwe)."
It is also referred to as the August Moon and the "full green corn moon," according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac.
Locals headed outside to look up and snap a few shots of the stunning sight. Here is what the Sturgeon Supermoon looked like from the perspective of Vancouverites.
With files from Elana Shepert
