On Sunday, January 20, 2019, the world witnessed a rare event as the sun, moon, and earth all aligned to create a spectacular blood moon, known also as a lunar eclipse. But what made this event even more unique was that this eclipse was also a wolf and supermoon, making this celestial event a rare super blood wolf moon.
A wolf moon, or the first full moon of the year, gets its name for the wolf packs Native Americans would hear outside their villages in winter, according to The Farmers' Almanac.
A supermoon occurs when the moon is at the closest point in its orbit of the Earth, which makes it appear larger.
In celebration of this event, check out these incredible pictures of blood or supermoons captured over LDS temples.
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The 2018 super blue blood moon over the Las Vegas Temple. Image by David Guzman from Las Vegas Review-Journal.
The 2018 super blue blood moon over the Las Vegas Temple. Image by David Guzman from Las Vegas Review-Journal.
#supermoon #lds #mormon #lunareclipse #saltlaketemple #slc #angelmoroni #templesquare #sharegoodness #ILoveToSeeTheTemple #totaleclipse #moonlight #supermoon2015 #bloodmoon Photo by Jeffrey D. Allred A post shared by LDS Temple Photography (@ldstemplephotography) on Sep 27, 2015 at 9:17pm PDT
The 2014 blood moon over Logan Utah Temple. Image courtesy of Heidi Randall Studios.
The 2015 blood moon over the Salt Lake Temple. Image by Lennie Mahler via Salt Lake Tribune.
The 2013 blood moon over the Kansas City Temple. Image by Charlie Riedel viaDeseret News.
A blood moon over the Mount Timpanogos Temple. Image retrieved via embed.scribblelive.com
Bonus Photos:
These may not be blood moons, but they are still stunning!
The Payson Utah Temple with a partial eclipse. Image via Fox 13 News.
The Gilbert Arizona Temple and Supermoon Posted by LDS Temples of the World on Sunday, September 27, 2015
The Payson Utah Temple under a full moon. Image from Drew Armstrong Photography.
Yesterday caught the moon before it’s lunar eclipse this morning! The sunset painted quite the amazing sight 🙏🏻 #takenote jersey colors on point IG: @chroniclesofcbass#SuperBlueMoon#superbluebloodmoon#stgeorge#utah#lunareclipse2018#photographypic.twitter.com/PtCYd7W6f7 — Clayton Ashcraft (@claytonashcraft) January 31, 2018
