A total lunar eclipse that produced a deep red blood moon made its way across the night sky Sunday night into Monday morning.
Around 8:30 p.m. CST the moon began to pass into Earth's shadow. Within roughly two hours it had reached totality – or fully within in Earth's shadow – and stayed there for about 85 minutes.
Yet, instead of going dark, the moon turned a dramatic red.
Also known as a "Blood Moon," this happens because the sunlight shining directly onto Earth passes through the atmosphere and is projected onto the moon — giving it a red tone during the eclipse.
This series of photos above shows the moon in various stages of the total lunar eclipse during the first blood moon of the year, in Wessington Springs, SD on May 15, 2022.
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