Rare Blood Super-moon | Wānanga

Hi everyone! Welcome to another post. This week I decided to do a critical literacy post on the rare blood supermoon that appeared on Wednesday. 

Text Title: Full coverage: After 40 years, rare blood supermoon lights up night sky

Text Type: News Article 

Text Creator: Stuff 

Text Purpose: To inform and show. 

What views of the world is this text presenting? 

This text is showing us a rare phenomenon where the moon appears to be a dark red rusty colour. This has caused excitement for many astronomy lovers and scientists around the world. The text is also informing us about something that hasn't happened in many years. Both a supermoon and blood moon happening at the same time. 

Credit: New York Times 

Credit: Business Insider