Supermoon low tide reveals hidden depths

Otago Harbour made a spectacular sight from the air at the weekend when the recent Sturgeon Supermoon caused a very low tide.

Looking from Otago Peninsula towards Dunedin City are Macandrew Bay (left) and Company Bay (centre foreground). Across the harbour are Ravensbourne (centre) and St Leonards (right).

The supermoon is the last for 2022. It gets its name from the Algonquin tribes of North America, which observed that August’s full moon coincided with increased numbers of sturgeon in their rivers and lakes.

Copies of photographs are available from ODT front office, lower Stuart St, Dunedin, or www.otagoimages.co.nz.