A stunning time lapse movie showing an enormous-looking wolf supermoon rising over a frozen landscape has spread awe and wonder.
The video was taken when the moon was at its closest point to earth and so it appeared bigger than usual.
This is due to the optical illusion which makes it seem much larger when close to the horizon.
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The footage was shot on Saturday when the earth was also at its closest point to the sun in its orbit, an occurrence called the perihelion.
Rob Bates took hours preparing to film the striking scene in all its beauty at Solomon’s Tower, Buxton, Derbys.
“It was planned to the precise location and exact minute and shot from a mile away,” he told What’s The Jam.
“My work focuses on capturing the night sky alongside striking natural landscapes, creating high-quality imagery.
“I aim to showcase the scale, movement, and beauty of the universe.”
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A wolf moon is the name for the first full moon in a calendar year and since a full moon occurs every 29.5 days, the wolf moon always occurs in January.
A supermoon is the name given to the moon when it’s both full and at, or near, the closest point to Earth in its orbit.
It occurs because the moon’s orbit around us isn’t a perfect circle – it’s an elliptical or egg-shaped orbit.
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This means the distance between the moon and the earth constantly varies.
There are two more supermoons to come this year but the next one won’t arrive until November.
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