IT IS a spectacle that, according to legend, can cause disasters, madness and criminality - and even turn people into werewolves.
In the end, however, the appearance of a “Super Moon” at the weekend brought about only hordes of photographers, gazing into the night sky from vantage points all over the world.
The phenomenon enraptured skywatchers from Edinburgh to El Salvador, as the celestial body loomed large and shone far brighter than normal into the early hours yesterday.
According to Nasa, the Moon seemed especially big and bright because it had reached its closest spot to Earth at the same time as it was in its full phase.
The lunar event, known as a “perigee moon”, meant it... read more