Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Full Sturgeon Moon


I got out early when the moon was still high and very bright to catch this photo of the full Sturgeon Moon. From the Farmers Almanac: "Full Sturgeon Moon – August The fishing tribes are given credit for the naming of this Moon, since sturgeon, a large fish of the Great Lakes and other major bodies of water, were most readily caught during this month. A few tribes knew it as the Full Red Moon because, as the Moon rises, it appears reddish through any sultry haze. It was also called the Green Corn Moon or Grain Moon."

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