The moment of the year when the sun crosses the celestial equator while moving from north to south. It occurs on September 22 or 23, marking the beginning of autumn in the Northern Hemisphere. Compare vernal equinox.
Other species of wobbegongs are similar in appearance, however, the patterns of spotted wobbegongs are specific to this species and aid in their superb camouflage among the reefs in the eastern Indian Ocean, off eastern Queensland and southern Australia, and possibly off southern Japan and in the South China Sea.
Wovoka was born in 1858, in Western Nevada. He was the son of Tvibo and his wife Teeya. Wovoka grew up on the David Wilson ranch in Yerington, Nevada. The young man became deeply moved by Native American spirituality as he helped his father, a Paiute Shaman and mystic, with traditional spiritual ceremonies.