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Comb-jelly bioluminescence
Fires when new moon ±5 days
Photograph Jérémy Capelle · CC0
The weekly build has been paused since October 6, 2026. The seasons and dates below still hold. Events are the ones the last finished build found, in the week of 2026-09-13, that have not happened yet — anything announced since is missing, and nothing here reflects this week's weather.
Next: Monday, November 9 — 21 days away, keyed to the new moon nearest this season
Dates worth protecting
- Mon, November 9, 2026in 3 weeks
- Wed, December 9, 2026in 7 weeks
- Thu, January 7, 2027in 3 months
- Sat, February 6, 2027in 4 months
- Sun, March 7, 2027in 5 months
- Tue, April 6, 2027in 6 months
Keyed to the new moon nearest this season. Moon dates come from a mean lunar month and can be a day out — check one before you commit a four-hour drive to it.
- Where
- Indian River Lagoon
- Drive
- 95 minutes from Lakeland
- In season
- November through April
- Certainty
- datable to the day
- Drone
- no
From the field
A colder, sparser glow than the dinoflagellate bloom — points rather than a sheet, and it wants a far longer exposure for far less light.