WAUSAU – A photograph taken in Wausau earlier this year has been selected as one of the top photos of the year by a national magazine.

Photojournalist Gabi Broekema shot a selection of photos of the Blood Worm moon March 14, 2025, in Wausau for USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin. TIME’s photo department selected one of her 11 shots as one of TIME’s Top 100 Photos of 2025 in its Dec. 2, 2025, issue that was released on Nov. 28.

“The Blood Worm moon darkens to its signature shade in the sky during a total lunar eclipse over central Wisconsin on March 14. Gabi Broekema—USA Today Network/Reuters,” the cutline reads in the magazine.

Broekema worked as a photojournalist for the Wausau Daily Herald, Stevens Point Journal, Marshfield News-Herald and Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune from January 2024

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