Times photographer Wayne Martin snapped this moody shot of the rare blue super moon visible in the night sky above east Auckland.
According to the Stardome Observatory: “The end of August will bring a blue super moon to our skies, meaning it is the second super full moon to appear in a single calendar month.
“The super moon, which will appear in our skies this Thursday (August 31), will also be the biggest and brightest of any in 2023.
“While a blue moon occurs once every two to three years, one that coincides with a super moon is a rarer phenomena.
“The last blue super moon occured in 2009, and the next won’t be until 2032.
“A super moon itself is when a full moon occurs very near the moon’s closest point to Earth in its orbit, making the moon appear brighter and larger than average.”
