Stunning images of ‘blood moon’ bring rare sight to light

It was a race against the clouds.

Photographer Patrick Coyne, of Torrance, knew the clouds were rolling in, threatening his chance of getting the epic shot of the “blood moon,” a phenomenon that happened in the early-morning hours of Tuesday, March 3.

“I was looking at weather maps, it looked like it was going to be fine in the South Bay,” said the sleepless South Bay native Tuesday morning, fueling up on a breakfast burrito following his all-nighter. “It kind of changed drastically...