Sturgeon moon

This top photo is the full "sturgeon moon" at the end of the day Tuesday, August 28, in other words, last night.

I love the Native American names of the full moons. You can see the list of 2007 full moons and more information about why they're named as they are here. I'll at least list them for you:

January - Full Wolf Moon
February - Full Snow Moon
March - Full Worm Moon
April - Full Pink Moon
May - Full Flower Moon
May 31 this year there was a "Blue Moon" (when there is more than one full moon in a month; there are around 41 months with two full moons every century) - "Although the name suggests that to have two Full Moons in a single month is a rather rare occurrence (happening "just once in a . . . "), it actually occurs once about every three years on average."
June - Full Strawberry Moon
July - Full Buck Moon
August - Full Sturgeon Moon
September - Full Harvest Moon
October - Full Hunter's Moon
November - Full Beaver's Moon
December - Full Cold Moon

The rest of the photos are earlier, of the total lunar eclipse early yesterday morning, the same day, between 5 and 6am. (I posted three of these in a triptych on my photoblog.)

I knew the total lunar eclipse was coming, and I almost forgot to go outside to watch. But then I opened my computer to do my blogroll and emails, and my default Internet home page is http://www.msu.edu/, and there was a reminder to watch the total lunar eclipse on top of one of the MSU parking ramps. Thank you!