Chicago, USA. 1st Jan, 2018. A snowy owl sits atop the beacon on the jetty at North Avenue beach as the supermoon rises on one of the coldest New Year's Day's in decades. The moon is at its closest point, the perigee, to Earth during its monthly orbit and appears 30% brighter and 14% larger. January 2018 sees a supermoon known as a 'wolf moon' on 1 January and a 'blue moon' on 31 January. Credit: Stephen Chung/Alamy Live News

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