25-03-2025
Not just any old orb: Blood worm moon was an eye-catcher
It wasn't just any old orb: That recent splendid spectacle was a "blood worm moon," the colorful crimson result of the first total lunar eclipse since 2022.
And in a Photo of the Week that launches off the page, FLORIDA TODAY senior photographer Malcolm Denemark landed an anything-but-everyday shot.
"I knew there would be a bunch of amazing eclipse photos of the blood moon, but wanted to shoot something giving it context, a foreground," he said.
"I had planned on shooting the eclipse framed by the illuminated church steeple on Club Zion in Cocoa Beach. The steeple is a landmark and used by boaters for a reference point."
He loaded up the car and ... only to learn that the lights on the steeple were out that night.
Denemark scrambled, he said, to find another lit-up spot for a shot. He didn't have to go far to find it.
"The neon lights on the edge of the Hampton Inn roof gave it that foreground I was looking for, and added some color to the blood moon," he said.
"It was serendipitous."
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This article originally appeared on Florida Today: 'Blood worm moon': What a lunar delight | Photo of the Week
